Transitioning from In-House to Law Firm: Resume Tips for Experienced Attorneys in Pursuit of New Opportunities

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• To secure a role in a law firm, tailor your resume to their specific needs.
• Focus on specialized areas like SPACs and SCC compliance if that's what the firm requires.
• In-house positions in law firms demand specialists, especially in larger markets.
• When aiming for an in-house job, present yourself as a specialist, not a generalist on your resume.
• Emphasize your expertise over managerial skills to stand out in in-house job applications.

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The only way to get into a law firm is to focus your resume on whatever the law firm needs. If you're doing SPACs and SCC compliance, that's all you would do. Then, you would focus on that. By the way, law firms hire people in-house even after 20 years. But it would help if you were focused on something that they need.

The problem with in-house positions, this is just for everyone who's ever considered going in-house, is that in-house requires specialists, especially in large markets. If you're going to get a job in-house, anybody trying to go in-house to a law firm, you always need to make sure that your resume looks like it's trying to make it look like you're a specialist instead of a journalist.

That's the big problem with in-house resumes: a person will talk about being a manager or things different from being an expert. It would help if you made your resume. You must explain how you're more of a specialist than a generalist. And the better you do that, the better off you'll be.