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Does networking EVER matter for biglaw?
| dun fighting chapel | 09/01/10 |
| Cerebral avocado kitchen | 09/01/10 |
| drab stubborn locale internal respiration | 09/01/10 |
| iridescent weed whacker field | 09/01/10 |
| puce spot | 09/01/10 |
| Elite digit ratio orchestra pit | 09/01/10 |
| Bistre excitant step-uncle's house immigrant | 09/01/10 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:12 PM Author: dun fighting chapel 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: Cerebral avocado kitchen 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: drab stubborn locale internal respiration 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: iridescent weed whacker field 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: puce spot 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: Elite digit ratio orchestra pit 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: Bistre excitant step-uncle's house immigrant 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) |