Summer Associate’s Difficult Decision: Corporate or Litigation?

A soon-to-be summer associate struggling with a decision over practice areas has written a career columnist for advice. The dilemma, presented to the Careerist: Does corporate law or litigation offer better opportunities? The Careerist checked in with two recruiters for advice. Matt Schwartz of Garrison & Sisson saw better in-house opportunities for those who pursue corporate law. “Corporate probably increases your in-house marketability five- to tenfold,” he said. “Most, if not all, major litigation is farmed out to outside counsel.” Corporate lawyers also get more responsibility earlier in their careers, and they have a slight advantage in the partnership sweepstakes. He cautioned, though, that corporate lawyers may be…