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Does networking EVER matter for biglaw?
| ivory principal's office kitty | 09/01/10 |
| spectacular bonkers base | 09/01/10 |
| Pearly codepig kitchen | 09/01/10 |
| Obsidian Talented Azn Institution | 09/01/10 |
| poppy school cafeteria halford | 09/01/10 |
| coral whorehouse | 09/01/10 |
| odious rose blood rage | 09/01/10 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:12 PM Author: ivory principal's office kitty like assume you know a random equity partner
or you have a relative that is equity at a different firm that knows other people in town
does this shit ever fucking matter? |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:13 PM Author: spectacular bonkers base Of course it does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15938924) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:14 PM Author: Pearly codepig kitchen Of course. Even knowing associates helps (but not nearly as much). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15938933) |
Date: September 1st, 2010 1:16 PM Author: Obsidian Talented Azn Institution It helps at the margins, but the kind of networking that really helps is having contacts not at other law firms, but at the kind of companies that hire law firms.
"My uncle is CFO at a company that spends $20 million/yr on outside cousel" >>>>>"My uncle is a partner at your firm" |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:46 PM Author: poppy school cafeteria halford tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939605) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:08 PM Author: coral whorehouse It helped me at OCI. Friends of the family who were associates and partners at firms got me screeners and in one case a CB (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939323) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:12 PM Author: odious rose blood rage yes it gets you the interview but not necessarily the job. like fatty above said, having dad be a client will get you the job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939353) |