How to get a job in Biglaw.

You can earn nearly $250,000 out of law school working in Biglaw as a junior associate - behemoth law firms with 500+ lawyers that are notorious for being hard work but also ripe with great training.

But how do you land these gigs? Let's talk about it.

TOC:
0:35 Money and law
1:06 What is biglaw?
1:30 Path #1 to Biglaw - Summer associateships
3:20 Why Law School Ranking Matters
4:03 Path #2 - Networking
5:00 Path #3 - Lateraling
6:30 Implications of lateraling
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[julianinlaw]

Other high paying paths in law: going in house at a tech company, starting your own law firm, going into business (consulting, banking), or going to a boutique law firm that specializes in a lucrative area of law (plaintiff's side firms for consumer products, etc.)

[L.G.]

People watching this video should know the Texas legal market works differently from the rest of the country. While the pay rate remains the same as the industry standard for many biglaw firms, you can get a summer associate position after 1L. Many students go straight into biglaw rather than doing an internship.

[iStorm-myfp]

Thank you, i really appreciate this. And i appreciate the end of videos summary as well

[Philanthropist]

Thank you so much. This was very informative

[wardahjavid]

I just got accepted to law school. and will start August 2023. May you make videos on study tips/methods for law school students. May you please make a video on transfer students who transferred from one law school to a higher ranked law school please like the application process and the experience?

[borhanpial]

Informative video. Thanks for sharing the pathway. Is there any opportunity to work as virtual legal/research associate in well-established law firm in the post COVID era?? It would be great if you make a video on that particular topic.
Thank you.

[justinelemae]

Hi Julian, great video. As a video idea, could you explain the main legal fields, including corporate, litigation, and regulatory/compliance law? Thanks!

[jasmannsingh]

I swear the latering transition even from small/midsized firm is pretty much same for finance/consulting if you dont start at a top firm and switch to one (say going from big 4 consulting to MBB)

[Hipolito-Unanue]

Best way to get into big law is you got a GED and went to one of the partner’s children's birthday party 5 years ago and bought a gift.

[AaronTheGhost]

I went to southwestern and got academically disqualified and now I’m going to California accredited school. What would you suggest I do to get a Big law job my first year out of law school?

[SpringSun-llbm]

One question…I have a foreign law degree and I plan to get my L.MM in NYU, then take the bar exam (in NY foreign students can take the bar) you think I have a chance with biglaw?

[hazem]

Can i also get into biglaw if im practicing in France ?

[ad-zofk]

I am parsuing law degree from India. can you guide me? how i can become lawyer in USA

[redvelvetsprinkles]

Do big law firms raise an eyebrow if you’re applying as a summer associate and all your prior experiences were public interest?

[bingo]

What’s the top three reasons lawyers leave within the first three years as an associate?

[JC-kzut]

We just got an email this morning about the boutique that raised 1st years to $250k. They're Cravath+ scale, but I feel another salary war hotting up. I think (hope) $250k total will be the normal when my class (2024) graduates.

[cloudy]

would you every recommend Part-time law school?

[abbyboyone]

Wanna get a big law summer associate job? Then you better attend a big time law school.

[Michael-iwek]

I wonder if you carry a boombox with you wherever you go. Just to provide some background music whenever you talk. Because it helps to concentrate on what you're talking about, right? After all, that's what we want when we open a biglaw job video - to listen to background music.