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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a nothing-special general litigation BigLaw attorney about to enter my sixth year.  I grew up wanting to work for the government, but went BigLaw for the money.  My firm is nightmarish but figured I might as well stick around and get $$$ for maternity leave, and now have been here longer than I ever planned.  This thread terrifies me.[/quote]

It's a lot about attitude.  I think that a poster made a good point, especially the bolded:

[quote]If I were a biglaw attorney applying for federal jobs, I would just do whatever I can to show interest, knowledge, and experience relevant to the specific office and position. And just be mindful of the fact that, at least in my office, we have quite a few career feds who are going to be sensitive to your demeanor and reasons for applying. I know others in my office get down on candidates when it's clear they just want or need out of biglaw, and/or[b] feel that we would be lucky to have them by virtue of their biglaw experience.[/b] Federal hiring is such a slog, [b]no one wants to invest time hiring and developing someone who is just using this as a temporary landing spot[/b].[/quote]

But it's also true that general litigation won't get you all that far; try to develop some depth in a substantive area of the law.  [/quote]

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