Redefining "Success" for Lawyers Not Heading to Become Equity Partners in Prominent Law Firms

 "Husch Blackwell is encouraging associates to consider in-house roles with clients rather than only assume an uncertain path to partner. [It] ...is starting a four-month training program called HB In-House ... [which] give attorneys an inside view of clients and tools they need to transition to jobs in companies." - Bloomberg Law, April 22, 2024

Succeeding in a prominent law firm doesn't only mean being voted in as equity partner. There is, of course, as with Kirkland & Ellis, the goal of becoming a nonequity partner. Recently Cravath and Paul, Weiss has also implemented that tier. 

Husch Blackwell has opened up another path for the overall career mobility of associates.That is, the firm, beginning in June, will help associates navigate to an in-house position.

Simultaneously this initiative can build a useful network of former lawyers who can funnel assignments to Husch Blackwell. There is that old joke: When an associate announces taking a position in-house, all of a sudden partners get really chummy.

This model could catch fire. As with the nonequity partner arrangement it can create goodwill among those lawyers who don't have a shot at equity partnership or don't want to go that route. 

So much of new business comes through relationships. Husch Blackwell has figured out a fresh strategy to build those key links. They are a known to those lawyers who opt to go in-house.

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