In-House Counsel

After 3yrs of being in-house, I’m considering going back to a firm after no luck finding a second in-house job. I did litigation before going in-house for a transactional role. Those who did transacti...

A second year I worked with just went in house as product counsel. 290k total comp and fully remote. Is this a unicorn opportunity? I was going to wait until my fourth or fifth year to explore IHC opp...

I have an offer from a big pharma company that requires in office with a time requirement 4x a week. I would have to be in office by 8:00 am and leave at 6:30 pm. It seems a bit crazy to me to have a ...

Hi all - I’m starting my first day as an in house counsel on Monday, after 6 years in big law. Any advice?

I could use some help processing a situation. I have a department that wants to do something I think is a bad business strategy (but totally legal and compliant). I explained my concerns and said this...

How did your firm react when you put your notice to go in-house?

Commercial Counsel at biotech and wanted a check to see if I’m wildly underpaid/should jump ship. 4 YOE (3 yrs biglaw M&A & 1 yr at current company). I get paid $155k base, 10% bonus no equity and liv...

How long is your resume usually? I’ve only had two jobs, including my current one where I’ve worked for seven years. Mine is about 2 pages, with most of my current job fitting on the first page. I’m a...

Anyone else legitimately like what they do? I feel like it’s a crapshoot with in house counsel roles (and legal work in general), but more often than not I’m happy with my career. Who else feels the s...

Want to go in-house but worried I’ll be bored and work won’t be challenging. All throughout my career I’ve strived for better jobs (now in BL) because work is complex and I’m learning a lot but I’m al...

Received an offer as a 6th year associate to go in/house. HCOL, 4 days a week in office. $250k base, $30-50k discretionary bonus. 5% stock based on W-2 earnings. Is this good for in-house?

Why do product counsel roles hire for attorneys with fewer years of experience (I usually see 2-5 years required with 3 being average) than other commercial or in house counsel roles? Does more YOE in...

If you had a role on a very lean legal team (think tech startup), then left for a more established company with a larger team: did you find the former experience worthwhile for your development? I’m w...

I completely blanked on sending thank you emails after interviewing at a tech company recently. Granted, they weren’t provided but I should’ve asked recruiter. Am I toast? It’s almost been a week

Career crossroads...or not. I have 18 YOE and make ~450 TC as an IC at a pubco. Promotion not likely for another 3-5 years assuming ppl retire, get promoted themselves, and even then not guaranteed. I...

Hi all, some house keeping that is long overdo - any trolling will be met with a ban and a report, and that includes trolling trolls.

My pay is 120K fully remote (I am 3 YOE.) I only have 5 days of sick days left from my total 17-day PTO (total 24 days if you count company-wide holidays of 7 days.) I need to reserve this 5 days for ...

Just got an offer on a relatively short timeline and realized they never asked for my references. Is this normal?

Plz tell me it won’t take me long to get an in house offer. Strong resume, mid bordering senior level, 1 top big law firm, 1 giant bank. I am scared

Help me not get my hopes up (late night holiday weekend posting). I’m currently at a law firm, and one of our clients that I do a lot of work for has an in-house opening that’s a dream job for me. On...