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Does anyone have any experience in a health care practice group at a big firm? What's the work-life balance like compared to other practice groups? Does it tend to have a more predictable flow of work or are there numerous fire drills? What are the exit opportunities like?

* Anon because I don't want this tied to my other posts. Thanks.

The "healthcare" practice at each firm can be defined differently, but exit ops are usually pretty decent. If you're doing corporate or regulatory work, you can transition in-house to a hospital system/healthcare group/health insurance, etc. If you're doing licensing/research agreements, you can transition to a pharma company, university's tech transfer office, or other research institution. Your options in the latter section will expand greatly if you can do any sort of patent work. Both types of work can also lead to government jobs (HHS, FDA, CMMS being the most common).

I'm not in the healthcare group but I work directly with them a lot. It seems like they have decent hours (roughly 9-7:30 with fewer late-night and weekend emergencies). But healthcare groups are expanding at a lot of firms, so they can be short-staffed. This will lead to a greater workload and more difficulty getting coverage for vacations. But overall if you're at a firm with an established-enough practice, it can be a great practice to join that is much more tolerable than your traditional corporate practices like M&A.