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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, exactly. I find it nuts considering I know plenty of people who are RIF'ed after maternity leave. (Putting aside people who are just sacked as a matter of course).

I find the whole question of ethics to be a side show. You are at-will. And you are not working for anyone else. If I had publicly announced my federal clerkship back in 09, you better believe I would have spent ten months unemployed. Watch out for yourself, give notice and move on. Your supporters will be supportive because you are a potential lead at the very least.

The whole tell them now stuff is nonsense. [/quote]

Agreed.  The whole notion that she has a duty of loyalty to disclose her plans immediately to Big Law is naive and quaint.  Just the way Big Law would be unwaivering in its loyalty to her.  Someone has definitely been drinking too much Kool-Aid.  It seems that the OP has done everything that bar ethics require.  She ensured that her client matters are fully taken care of during her absence.

She shouldn't worry too much about burning bridges.  BigLaw tends to view most lawyers as fungible commodities.  If she leaves a few bruised feelings in her wake, that probably won't last long.  In all likelihood, her most obnoxious boss or colleague at BigLaw will start calling her up obsequiously seeking business once she is in house.  :)[/quote]

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