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Twenty questions · twenty-six practice areas

Find the work you're most likely to enjoy.

Answer these questions and we'll show you which practice areas best match the work you want to do.

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Part 1 of 4

The work product

What you want to write, build, negotiate, and master.

I would rather build an argument from facts and precedent than negotiate business terms.

I would rather build an argument from facts and precedent than negotiate business terms.

Coordinating many workstreams to close a high-stakes transaction sounds energizing.

Coordinating many workstreams to close a high-stakes transaction sounds energizing.

I would prefer becoming the go-to specialist in a narrow field over staying a broad generalist.

I would prefer becoming the go-to specialist in a narrow field over staying a broad generalist.

I would rather spend an afternoon researching a difficult legal question than marking up a transaction document.

I would rather spend an afternoon researching a difficult legal question than marking up a transaction document.

I enjoy precise contract drafting, negotiating clauses, and tracking how provisions work together.

I enjoy precise contract drafting, negotiating clauses, and tracking how provisions work together.

Part 2 of 4

The problem in front of you

How you respond to facts, numbers, rules, and technical systems.

The possibility of hearings, depositions, oral argument, or trial is a major draw for me.

The possibility of hearings, depositions, oral argument, or trial is a major draw for me.

Financial statements, valuation, capital structures, or quantitative analysis feel intuitive to me.

Financial statements, valuation, capital structures, or quantitative analysis feel intuitive to me.

I like learning dense rules and helping clients operate safely inside a regulatory system.

I like learning dense rules and helping clients operate safely inside a regulatory system.

I want my legal work to involve science, software, engineering, medicine, or other technical subject matter.

I want my legal work to involve science, software, engineering, medicine, or other technical subject matter.

Interviewing witnesses and reconstructing what happened from messy evidence sounds compelling.

Interviewing witnesses and reconstructing what happened from messy evidence sounds compelling.

Part 3 of 4

The client and context

The industries, people, assets, and urgency you want around the work.

I perform well when the client has an urgent problem, incomplete information, and real downside risk.

I perform well when the client has an urgent problem, incomplete information, and real downside risk.

I would like my work tied to physical assets such as buildings, power projects, transportation, or natural resources.

I would like my work tied to physical assets such as buildings, power projects, transportation, or natural resources.

Cross-border clients, foreign legal systems, and international disputes or deals appeal to me.

Cross-border clients, foreign legal systems, and international disputes or deals appeal to me.

Workplace dynamics, individual stories, and sensitive people problems interest me more than abstract company structures.

Workplace dynamics, individual stories, and sensitive people problems interest me more than abstract company structures.

Brands, creators, media rights, consumer products, or cultural industries are especially interesting to me.

Brands, creators, media rights, consumer products, or cultural industries are especially interesting to me.

Part 4 of 4

The career texture

How specialized, institutional, detailed, or public-facing you want to become.

I want to understand how agencies and lawmakers make policy, not only how courts resolve disputes.

I want to understand how agencies and lawmakers make policy, not only how courts resolve disputes.

I like the idea of becoming embedded with repeat institutional clients and learning their business deeply.

I like the idea of becoming embedded with repeat institutional clients and learning their business deeply.

Polished briefs, careful legal analysis, and abstract questions of doctrine are the kind of writing I want to master.

Polished briefs, careful legal analysis, and abstract questions of doctrine are the kind of writing I want to master.

I am comfortable owning long checklists, exact filing requirements, and many small details under a deadline.

I am comfortable owning long checklists, exact filing requirements, and many small details under a deadline.

I want a practice where public impact, access to justice, safety, health, or environmental consequences are visible in the work.

I want a practice where public impact, access to justice, safety, health, or environmental consequences are visible in the work.