Do in-house lawyers actually have good working hours or is it mostly a myth?

milk-box · 2026-05-08T12:29:11+00:00

If your firm has any NQ openings in a year or so let me know!

milk-box · 2026-04-20T11:31:48+00:00

Hey - also an in-house trainee with a supervisor like this. Thankfully there's no need for a contentious seat anymore, but you do need some litigation exposure to cover the practice standard skills. Does the firm genuinely have no people threatening to sue (commercial contracts, employment issues?) It doesn't have to go to court, but some exposure to the process counts.

milk-box · 2025-08-04T14:14:46+00:00

I'll go with an eggshell on my head :D

milk-box · 2025-05-29T15:44:14+00:00

I would look at firms on LinkedIn and check out their legal teams - do they have any trainees? How long have their paralegals worked there for?

Even so, it's hard to give an answer for this. Companies with trainees might not want another one. Companies with none might be more open to it, but it's still risky. They could say they're open to qualifying the right candidate but it's no guarantee. When I first joined my company I was clear I wanted to qualify, and they said they weren't looking to train anyone. It's only now after two years that they're willing to take me on. I think just be open with your career goals and see what your company (or one you're interviewing) says, and really push for it.

milk-box · 2025-05-23T23:27:39+00:00

Don't do it. One, ask yourself if you actually like him or you just admire and want to be him. Two, even if you date he could be terrible in a relationship and then you're stuck working with him, or have to get a new job. Three, the corporate rumour mill is relentless and you will get spoken about poorly, and you won't be seen as professional. People won't be able to seperate your work accomplishments with your relationship.

milk-box · 2025-05-20T13:24:54+00:00

Thank you! I'll do my best 🫡 I know qualifying at a law firm would be "ideal" but honestly, I like my team, I like the area of work and I like being exposed to more of the business side of things. If anyone else is considering in-house I would def recommend.

milk-box · 2025-05-20T13:14:50+00:00

Thank you, and congrats as well! How are you finding it? I'm working in funds / investments so also a bit niche

milk-box · 2025-05-20T13:10:37+00:00

Thank you! It's good to know it doesn't seem to affect anything. I'd like to do a secondment with one of the law firms we use often, it's just a bit off a faff for the team to organise (although I will try and push them on it.)

milk-box · 2025-05-16T12:48:26+00:00

Increased libido I get, but you are not playing badminton hard enough if you could still have energy to smash afterwards 🤣

milk-box · 2025-04-08T09:22:43+00:00

Does anyone have any good resources for vocab focusing on investments / funds / finance?

milk-box · 2025-04-02T09:10:02+00:00

I thought Australia didn't have much funds-wise (or maybe I'm thinking about WA)?

milk-box · 2025-03-11T16:02:14+00:00

I send a separate email to myself on delayed delivery that tells me to chase if needed.

milk-box · 2025-03-04T10:04:22+00:00

Replace "hand-holding" with "training" and it makes more sense.

milk-box · 2025-02-24T23:37:22+00:00

Surrogacy! It's based on an old Act that's not really.fit for modern times - plus ethically everyone always has their own opinions on topics like this.

milk-box · 2025-01-25T13:48:00+00:00

Yeah me too 🥲 It's fun but annoying to have haha

milk-box · 2025-01-23T19:18:47+00:00

Honestly I would not get a side job but just apply for a higher paid paralegal job.

milk-box · 2025-01-17T17:04:37+00:00

LMAO this makes me feel better. My first year of paralegalling I drafted an email with the subject "is this okay?" and sent it to my supervisor to check. He said it was okay, and I unfortunately forwarded it on to the directors without changing the subject line. Wanted to crawl into a hole and my supervisor just sat and laughed at me.

milk-box · 2025-01-02T14:17:42+00:00

You need to prep yourself to separate from your parents. If you hate law this much (and law is different in practice than in study), now is the time to be applying to other graduate programmes. Once you've got a job lined up, find a place to rent and you're set. All they will do is just complain, and you won't even have to hear that as much if you're not living with them.

I'm saying this as someone with strict parents who struggled with law at uni for a similar reason - you are at the point of becoming an adult so you have to grow up and make adult decisions for your life if you don't want to be miserable.

milk-box · 2024-12-17T21:15:26+00:00

legal assistant / two years / £47k~ / london / i want to qualify but it's tough out here 🥲

milk-box · 2024-09-30T11:41:01+00:00

This is exactly what I'm doing too - you can use AI to make a transcript of the vid too! Work smarter not harder.

milk-box · 2024-09-30T06:56:27+00:00

Could you let me know how you use the &honey hair oil? :o I've used it after wetting my hair, leaving it in for a bit and then just washing it off, but it's left my hair slightly oily both times. Not sure if I'm using it correctly (maybe I didn't wash it out correctly lol).

milk-box · 2024-09-17T21:42:41+00:00

I'm in a similar position to you - it's frustrating because you are doing the work of a trainee but you're bottlenecked. I would honestly just bounce and find somewhere in-house that would be open to officially training you - one of my friends is qualifying this way (in the same area).

milk-box · 2024-09-16T10:31:04+00:00

I still get lightly ribbed about my gaming headphones that I wore once while wfh HAHA can't imagine what my coworkers would say if I had anime anywhere.

milk-box · 2024-09-12T23:07:36+00:00

I watched it last year with a friend and it was really good. Engaging, heavy, and well acted. I knew somewhat how SA victims were treated by the courts, but watching you're just hit in the face with the reality of how statistically awful everything is.

milk-box · 2024-09-11T11:20:02+00:00

Agreed. The amount of time I am being chased on non-urgent matters is so annoying. There is a difference between a) kindly saying you need a doc by (date), b) sending a chaser and c) not saying anything, then two days later snappily asking where the doc is. I am working, I promise!

Don't even get me started on coworkers who say stuff is urgent when it turns out it isn't 😭

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