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Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:43 am
by Anonymous User
For personal reasons, I am looking to lateral from a secondary market to either LA or NY in a few years.
Credentials are okay (T25, 3.6). I will start off at a secondary market BL in corporate practice where I have ties.
Re: Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:25 pm
by Anonymous User
If you're in a corporate practice, you can likely lateral before a full year is over - maybe like 8 months? If your current firm has an office in LA/NY, best to just transfer within the firm. You should also inquire as to bar exam considerations.
Re: Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:33 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:25 pm
If you're in a corporate practice, you can likely lateral before a full year is over - maybe like 8 months? If your current firm has an office in LA/NY, best to just transfer within the firm. You should also inquire as to bar exam considerations.
Not OP, but how difficult would it be to lateral into primary market BL if you're in a secondary market regional firm?
Re: Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:41 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:33 pm
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:25 pm
If you're in a corporate practice, you can likely lateral before a full year is over - maybe like 8 months? If your current firm has an office in LA/NY, best to just transfer within the firm. You should also inquire as to bar exam considerations.
Not OP, but how difficult would it be to lateral into primary market BL if you're in a secondary market regional firm?
Generally speaking, doing that gets easier if you had the credentials to get primary market BL and have connections at the firms you’re targeting.
Re: Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:22 pm
by Anonymous User
Corporate lateral hiring right now in the upper echelons of biglaw is insane. If it's still this crazy in a year when you might start looking, it should be very easy to get hired at at least the next-from-top-tier if not even very top-tier biglaw firms in either NY or LA. Of course, the frenzy could slow down; in normal times, I would say this would be a harder (but far from impossible) transition to make and would probably take around 6 months to a year of active searching.
Re: Difficulty of lateralling from secondary market BL to primary market BL
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:35 pm
by Anonymous User
A lot depends on what you mean by secondary market and biglaw. If you're at a market paying and/or v100 type firm, doing substantially the same work as the more famous firm just a zero or two less, then you should be able to lateral.