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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never worked for the federal government, but I’m in a regulatory biglaw practice that regularly interfaces with a couple of federal agencies and they seem to have reasonable hours. I would think this really depends on the agency and their telework policies, culture, etc. - and you can get in at the entry level through the honors program. I don’t know how far in advance they hire, though - when are you graduating? My recollection is that my classmates from law school who did this route applied early in 3L.

If you go the biglaw route (and I think there are advantages to doing this, especially if you want an in-house position, since I don’t think those hire entry-level lawyers), regulatory practices typically have better hours. I switched practices as a junior associate from transactional work to a niche regulatory group, and the hours are not comparable. I generally work a 9-6 work day, and fire drills are pretty rare. This may not apply to all regulatory practices (especially ones that are there for deal support, like antitrust/HSR) and will also probably vary by firm, so you need to do some diligence, but generally it’s true. My group brings in its own work, i.e. we do investigations and regulatory counseling, so we don’t work on deal timelines.

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You guys hiring? Im at a banking agency enforcement side looking to go biglaw[/quote]

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