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Hello y'all -

I am currently a rising 3L completing a V50 Summer Associateship in NYC. I am incredibly thankful for my current SA and I certainly am interested in working there after law school. However, I am from Seattle and eventually want to lateral home. I know the market is really ties sensitive, will it be incredibly difficult? I am hopefully going into either corporate or real estate and I really do not know how well this would translate in Seattle.

Goal firms would be DWT, Perkins Coie, or K&L Gates.

On the other hand - should I participate in 3L big law recruiting? from my understanding it is very limited and I do not want to jeopardize my current offer for the off-chance I get a Seattle job. For context, I am about median(ish) at a lower T-13. I OCI'd for two Seattle firms but did not get a callback at either (sad day).

Any advice or information on the market would be great

I'm trying to respond with as little information as possible to avoid outing myself while also trying to be helpful.

I was in similar shoes fairly recently. While happy with the 2L SA job I had, I was interested in a Seattle return. I put out feelers at many firms and got varying responses. Some did not respond at all, a few told me to reach out after I graduated, a few told me to reach out once I was back in Seattle, and one offered me a screener interview, but by that time I had decided against moving back so I didn't do the screener. I'm not sure that doing 3L OCI could really jeopardize your current offer (presumably they don't have a Seattle office so I'm not sure how they would know) but maybe someone who has been through that process can speak to any issues that could arise.