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Does networking EVER matter for biglaw?
| lime fighting theater stage community account | 09/01/10 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:12 PM Author: lime fighting theater stage community account 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: brass codepig 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: Excitant mental disorder 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: Yapping 180 main people 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: nofapping supple box office elastic band 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: Beady-eyed electric furnace 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: Red French Gas Station Queen Of The Night 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) |