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Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by proteinshake » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:57 pm

are jobs in secondary markets less secure than jobs in major markets during an economic downturn (or in general)? should this factor into one's decision on where to practice?

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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by carsondalywashere » Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:49 pm

Interested in this as well

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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by proteinshake » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:28 pm

plz

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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by Jay2716 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:26 pm

There is no answer to this. Recessions hit different markets, firms, and practice groups differently. I imagine there is generally greater variation within markets than between them in how firms fare during downturns, related mainly to internal factors you have very little ability to assess as a law student (or, for that matter, as an associate).

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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by proteinshake » Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:41 pm

Jay2716 wrote:There is no answer to this. Recessions hit different markets, firms, and practice groups differently. I imagine there is generally greater variation within markets than between them in how firms fare during downturns, related mainly to internal factors you have very little ability to assess as a law student (or, for that matter, as an associate).
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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by Jay2716 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:59 pm

proteinshake wrote:
Jay2716 wrote:There is no answer to this. Recessions hit different markets, firms, and practice groups differently. I imagine there is generally greater variation within markets than between them in how firms fare during downturns, related mainly to internal factors you have very little ability to assess as a law student (or, for that matter, as an associate).
thanks!
Yeah, sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. There are just so many variables here it’s probably not worth making it a big part of your decision.

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Re: Job Security in Secondary Markets

Post by proteinshake » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:45 pm

Jay2716 wrote:
proteinshake wrote:
Jay2716 wrote:There is no answer to this. Recessions hit different markets, firms, and practice groups differently. I imagine there is generally greater variation within markets than between them in how firms fare during downturns, related mainly to internal factors you have very little ability to assess as a law student (or, for that matter, as an associate).
thanks!
Yeah, sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. There are just so many variables here it’s probably not worth making it a big part of your decision.
I suppose that's a good thing! though I'll probably end up wanting to go to a bigger city, at least initially anyway.

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