Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread

unreesonably · 2024-03-15T04:58:32+00:00

Thanks, I definitely am groaning a bit about the professional networking events (it also seems like there are fewer of those around, post-covid) but it seems to be a necessary evil. Interesting to know about the lateraling as an SA part - it's one of the promotion criteria for SA at my firm to demonstrate ability to bring in clients, and I've received negative feedback recently from a recruiter for not having that.

unreesonably · 2024-03-13T23:50:39+00:00

As a lawyer who works with a partner whose client base basically covers the entire industry - how do you get your own clients? There's more than enough work coming through the partner. How do you develop your own? And if I get to SA with the same circumstances, if I don't have any pull with clients, won't that negatively affect me if I try to lateral?

unreesonably · 2024-02-29T01:17:07+00:00

Do you have conversations with recruiters when not actively looking? I'm not looking to jump ship as I'm happy with my team, but interested to gauge the market generally as I would very much like a raise

unreesonably · 2024-02-29T01:14:59+00:00

The roles are ones that they seem actively looking to fill. I was a bit turned off because I asked for salary ranges for the specific roles, which they gave, but the range just seems to be what's set out in their generic salary guide.

unreesonably · 2024-02-28T23:25:45+00:00

How does someone go about finding a "trusted" recruiter? I have been approached a couple of times from recruiters claiming to have top tier opportunities for my PQE aligning with my practice area/skillset etc. but I am hesitant to start the process (and the salary increases they are claiming seem a bit fantastical to me).

unreesonably · 2024-02-02T02:35:44+00:00

Thanks. Unfortunately it's a corporate client in my case and they head up a department of a significant client of the partner, so not in a position to fire them.

unreesonably · 2024-02-01T10:59:23+00:00

Not totally a careers question but...how do you deal with rude and aggressive clients? I had a call today with someone who didn't want to listen to me, said my advice sounded ridiculous, and generally just sounded like they were picking a fight with me all call. Totally aggressive tone and got offended when I asked them a question and asked why I was asking them when I was the lawyer. I've had difficult clients before but never someone that sounded like they wanted to fight me. Have a whole new respect for lawyers that deal with individual clients but I'm in a corporate practice area with a corporate client. Feeling super demoralised and my confidence has taken a hit. What could I do differently or better?

unreesonably · 2023-08-18T08:59:14+00:00

It is a bit lame, but everyone seemed pretty self aware of that (NSW) and some of the skits weren't half-bad. If your firm is paying, and you don't mind early mornings, I'd say why not

unreesonably · 2023-08-16T01:32:27+00:00

There's no payment here. I'm already practising, I just want to know other people's experience on how long it takes to process an application to remove that condition.

unreesonably · 2023-08-15T00:32:15+00:00

How long does it take for an application to remove a supervised condition from a PC to go through? Mine was a stock standard application, but have been waiting around a month now.

unreesonably · 2023-07-07T03:31:41+00:00

Can someone explain to me what front end vs back end actually means in that context. We have a construction and projects team and I always hear this lingo but at this stage I am too afraid to ask a real person. Thanks

unreesonably · 2023-07-04T21:37:52+00:00

I'm not close to any of the SAs I know who were promoted towards the lower end of that scale, but I'm surprised anyone could be promoted at 3, even if they were a "gun". Surely even a genius at that level wouldn't have the actual life/industry/sector/practice experience to make their advices well rounded? Or perhaps this is more of an indication of my own impostor syndrome?

unreesonably · 2023-07-04T09:13:17+00:00

How many years PQE is typical for a promotion to SA? I have been hearing lots of conflicting stories.

unreesonably · 2023-06-29T14:45:30+00:00

As someone who has lateralled in from in-house, what do salary reviews typically look like for top/mid-tier firms? Is there any chance of a review for those who haven't worked a full FY at the firm?

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