How to Survive... Large Law Firms

Rob Yates, Managing Consultant, BRG, speaks with Emily Palmer, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, Hassan Shaikh, Associate, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, and Tyler Dysart, Associate, King & Spalding LLP, about how to survive and thrive at large law firms. They discuss what drew them to health law and the large law firm setting, the pros and cons of life at a large law firm, what a typical day is like and workload volume, and the skillsets that are crucial to success. They also delve into how junior attorneys can navigate the complex hierarchical teams that are prevalent at large law firms, the challenges that new attorneys face in this setting and how they can approach delegating, how to develop subject matter expertise and grow a network, how billable hour expectations impact development and well‑being, and what they wish they had known during their first year. From AHLA’s Early Career Professionals Council.Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sUU7vYUG4MEssential Legal Updates, Now in AudioAHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal EducationLearn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.