C&F Employment References from Current Biglaw Firm for Additional Bar Application
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:42 pm
Anyone take a second bar (without any benefit to your present firm) while a Biglaw junior associate? How did you handle the C&F current employer reference? Who did you select? What narrative did you use to explain/justify the second bar (aside from the honest reply of "want to facilitate an eventual lateral move" — which clearly would never say publicly)? Did your firm reference even bat an eye at the request?
Am a junior associate at a large firm about to register for the July UBE in a secondary market to (1) gain a portable UBE score and (2) grease the wheels for an eventual lateral move from my present big market (think CA/IL) to a UBE secondary market. I have to list my present employer and supervisor as part of C&F (who likely will get pinged with a short Q&A), and am worried about the optics of my sitting for an exam elsewhere. There's no benefit to the firm from this second admission — it would be clearly for my personal benefit. I've only been an average Associate thus far, so don't want to appear flakey or a flight risk to the listed partner/firm while I'm here — though at the same time, think laying the ground work for a lateral exit by taking the exam is prudent.
Would appreciate the experience of those who've pursued this in the past.
Am a junior associate at a large firm about to register for the July UBE in a secondary market to (1) gain a portable UBE score and (2) grease the wheels for an eventual lateral move from my present big market (think CA/IL) to a UBE secondary market. I have to list my present employer and supervisor as part of C&F (who likely will get pinged with a short Q&A), and am worried about the optics of my sitting for an exam elsewhere. There's no benefit to the firm from this second admission — it would be clearly for my personal benefit. I've only been an average Associate thus far, so don't want to appear flakey or a flight risk to the listed partner/firm while I'm here — though at the same time, think laying the ground work for a lateral exit by taking the exam is prudent.
Would appreciate the experience of those who've pursued this in the past.