Template in-house counsel cover letter for law firm associates

Description

This form of cover letter is specifically tailored for law firm associates (ideally between the third and sixth year of practice) who are looking to make the jump into an in-house corporate counsel role.

There are some important differences between this template and our ultimate in-house counsel template, which you should note even if you aren’t going to use either of them as the basis for your in-house counsel cover letter.

First, the law firm associate version of the template emphasizes any industry experience you may have – either prior to law school or during the course of your tenure as a law firm associate.

Second, because you don’t have any in-house experience yet, this version more prominently underscores the soft skills you acquired in the law firm – like time management, being organized, and managing competing deadlines for demanding superiors, clients, and the court.

Finally, it includes a paragraph that will specifically describe what you’ve been doing in your firm that relates to the job you’re applying for (in addition to working cross-functionally across practice groups and handling diverse types of matters).