Is Corporate Law worth it?

sallyawp
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:04:12 +0000

Those are great points, cartera!

Anecdotally, I worked in house at a Fortune 500 company for a few years, and (a) I had already worked 6 years at a Biglaw firm before I went in house (and, at the time, I was the most junior person in the company’s law department) and (b) I took a significant pay cut when I went in house. Those are important factors to remember for anyone thinking that they would like to practice law in house – you will typically need at least several years of law firm experience before moving in house and there is usually a significant associated pay cut.