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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Good morning everyone, I am a young lawyer. Not in Big 4 but decent place doing litigation for a decent boss. Graduated with 2nd Upper. The hours are challenging so far but I accept this is par for the course and will only get worse. That is fine. I know this come with the territory.
I'm very passionate about litigation and I know this is idealistic but I am certain that litigation is it for me and what I want to do in the long term. While money is important, it is less a concern for me than experience and the purpose behind the work. Would it make sense to apply to go legal service to be a DPP? Does anyone know if it will give me a lot of litigation experience? I know there are quite a few SCs in the Legal Service and I wonder if we would get exposure to some of them if we joined the Legal Service. Goes without saying that I would love to eventually be SC but I also know that this may be a pipe dream. But one can hope.
Would it make sense joining legal service or would staying in private practice be the way to go to develop as a litigator? If so, should I try to move to a big firm to get exposure to SCs so that I can develop as a litigator further? Would be thankful for some frank thoughts.
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my 2 cents FWIW. Start from the premise of doing what you like and do that. If it is construction law, or arbitration by way of examples, going public service is pointless. So must first ask if what you do whether in a law firm or in public sector or even in-house is what you want. And if you want to work with someone go for it, but not because they are Senior Counsel. Titles of bosses matter less than you might think in the long-term. If you want to go far, you must first enjoy your work. As another poster mentioned, if you enjoy the work and work hard, the rewards will come.