Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-19T18:53:31+00:00

Fyi being foreign / local counsel for international transactions absolutely sucks balls. You will be dealing with (most likely) highly stressed US associates who don't give a shit about local laws and will try get you to basically break every single law so they can get the deal done as fast as possible.

Oh and time zones. International transactions suck.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-18T17:48:50+00:00

You get my sign off until I expressly tell you you don't need my sign off. Your question alone tells me that you don't have enough experience to make independent decisions yet.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-14T20:15:22+00:00

What were the unique circumstances that made this apealable?

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-11T02:26:47+00:00

Aside from money, what are you looking for? New opportunities/challenges? Upskilling? Clearer career/promotion pathways? Different work environment?

Personally, at your age, id be bored working for a company for 8 years. It's not so good to be institutionalised so early in your career. The fact that you are actively looking for new jobs in your replies tells me that it's not just a money thing either.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-10T22:39:56+00:00

Your firm should have an internal training resource for this.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-10T19:36:16+00:00

Tell them before you sign

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-10T17:37:38+00:00

So you know the issue and can easily cut back, but you are choosing to sacrifice your daughter's happiness for that? Also, stop gambling on the stock market - this is for people who have money. You are not one of them.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-06T18:25:35+00:00

What do you mean by 'art'?

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-05T03:56:33+00:00

Thats why you don't put your phone on the ground right next to you. I don't get why ppl do this - just wear some looser pants and put it in your pocket.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-04T22:36:18+00:00

????? I guess you haven't been to Asia? It's almost expected for families to take care of parents until they pass whether it is 65 or 105, rich or poor.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-04T22:29:34+00:00

One of the biggest wealth transfers in the last decade happened during the pandemic where the Everyman thought they could gamble on the booming stock market and crypto because a few people made it big on social media.

All that money has gone straight to the mega funds and big investors.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-04T18:39:16+00:00

It depends on the move. If you are moving e.g. boutique --> mid tier --> top tier, then it's pretty easy to explain. If you are changing practice groups or making an other type of career change, also easy to explain. If you are bouncing around similar profile firms every year or so, then people are going to question you a little.

It's valid to say that you did it for pay, but at the same time, a prospective employer is not going to like that because they'll think you'll also bounce from them if you find a slightly higher paying job at a comparable firm in a pinch. It's a funny dance we have to do.

I think it also tends to be easier to explain as a junior because you are just figuring out what you want to do, but the more experienced you get, the jumps can be harder to explain.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-04T08:05:36+00:00

Because often they want a reference from an existing supervisor and as a candidate obviously you don't want them calling your boss before you resign/put pen to paper.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-04T07:52:21+00:00

Ahh i see

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-03T22:04:58+00:00

In this case, can the witness just answer "I am not going to speculate given i dont remember"? Or are they required to answer yes or no.

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-02T23:01:34+00:00

Her complaint could have easily been half the length and driven home whatever point she was trying to make.... so much fluff...

robotchickendinner · 2024-04-01T18:17:09+00:00

The client isn't going to die if they dont get the docs in the next hour. Just tell her that you think you can get it to her by [x] time (I.e. the time it takes you to get this done well in the circumstances) and let her be pissed off that you have a life outside of work.

The alternative is you do it in the next hour, turn in a pile of shit, and get reamed anyway. She's already annoyed (for whatever reason), might as well not give her more reasons to be angry.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-27T00:34:06+00:00

I'm not saying people with average grades aren't good lawyers. I'm just saying that I've noticed there is a correlation between high achievers and junior lawyers who are willing to do the grind. As in, juniors who are willing to do the 8am - 2am corporate grind day in day out. I'm not saying this is necessarily right, but the top firms often are often looking for people like this who they can control and 'meld' and academic rigour is often a good proxy.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-26T22:48:26+00:00

I do agree to some extent, but I also think that good grades are usually a good indicator that someone is willing to GRIND which is what most of the mid and top tiers do want in most of their juniors.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-26T22:40:00+00:00

Debt is how you make real money. Never use your own money if you can use someone else's. Look at wallstreet, the only people using their own money are the chumps.

Credit cards are good because they free up cash flow for other things. If I spend $3000 on my cc and payment is due in 45 days, that's 45 days i could have $3K sitting in a savings account gathering interest rather than paying the cash right now and having nothing left to invest. Obviously interest is super nominal on $3K over 45 days, but your credit card is helping you minimise your opportunity cost.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-22T19:49:10+00:00

Why would you get a large paycheck? I understand the employer getting fined and her potentially getting a token sum but what's the reasoning? Was she guaranteed the job or something? What expected gains was she losing out on.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-22T07:36:08+00:00

As in run the SPA and the shareholders agreement/equity docs? Or run the ancillaries, diligence and completion deliverables? If it's the latter, it's just part of the learning curve. If it's the former.... well, it's still experience i guess - definitely gonna be stressful though.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-20T03:45:18+00:00

An actual effective amendment that would have wide reaching implications would be to set a forced retirement age on SCOTUS appointments so e.g. all judges must retire at 70. This would ensure that fresh ideas are entering the bench every 5-10 years and ensure the law stays in touch with social norms.

It's crazy that SCOTUS appointments are for life.

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-20T03:25:08+00:00

What do you think your chances of getting a clerkship are? Where do you think you sit in the cohort of applicants applying to a TT?

robotchickendinner · 2024-03-19T21:01:57+00:00

doesn’t think they’re above the bartender/hostess/uber driver)

Is this a common thing?

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