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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am in biglaw and have an interest in considering a switch to management consulting; but I realize it is no bed of roses either and want to do my diligence.  I spoke to a contact of mine who agreed to contact a friend at a large national consulting co; somehow I thought the guy he was contacting would be a peer (early 30s).  Turns out he is in his early 50s and relatively high up.  Obviously I need to make a great impression in case I apply to his company down the road.  Anyone up for brainstorming the types of things I’d ask.  I will obviously ask about the types of work he’s doing now; the skill sets that he finds useful.  What else? I want to have a bunch of issues prepared in case it turns out the guy is not very talkative, in a rush etc. I have a feeling the tone will be different than if I was just talking to a peer of mine with a JD who make the switch.[/quote]

whenever you are doing informational interviewing have a clear statement of what you are looking to get out of the conversation.... I am looking to understand what it takes to be successful at your firm, what are the challenges you have seen over the years of people doing career changes from Law to Consulting, do you have any tips on how I should market myself to sell my law expereince to recruitors within consulting.

A few things for you to seriously consider.  Are you looking to leverage your law experience and bring it into consulting.  For example, if you worked within Immigration you would be able to easily sell yourself to consulting as someone who understands the USCIS and could work within that space. OR  are there things about biglaw that are not a good fit for you?  If you are not looking to leverage your law expereience and start fresh, you may be taking a serious salary cut.

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OP here - helpful thanks. To answer the other PP, I am starting to prep for a case interview in case it gets to that point -- I don't want to be caught flat footed. For the above -- I think I fall somewhere in between. Basically I was a business/finance undergrad who went to law school, and now that I've spent some time in biglaw, I am realizing that I am still interested in the business side -- i.e. understanding the client's business, sources of revenue etc. -- the types of things most litigators do not care about because they don't go into a pleading. I do a lot of restructuring work, and I know restructuring can be an aspect of consulting (depending on the firm), so there may be some leveraging of my law background but also some starting over. I realize there will be a paycut which is why I want to do some diligence before deciding this is a good idea. I kind of feel like consulting gives you a much better skillset for the business world/other business jobs than litigation/biglaw (but I don't want to act like it is a bed of roses as the client service businesses all face similar pressures, I think). I am certainly not considering this to run away from the biglaw lifestyle.

If anyone has any idea of how to combine biglaw with a business interest and a finance education in the DC area preferably, I would love to hear it. All I can think of is start a business or try to do a consulting stint to see where that takes me. [/quote]

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