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Lower T14 Advice for Chicago
I have a 3.7 from a lower T14 school (not Georgetown). I have decided not to try NYC or DC because of the competition, and I grew up in Illinois which will probably make moving back there plausible in the eyes of interviewers. Are Sidley, Jenna, Meyer reasonable prospects? If not what other large firms should I focus on? Or maybe I should try for smaller firms like Bartlet Beck.
Want to work in litigation. Any insight appreciated.
And, yes, I was joking about Bartlet Beck.
Want to work in litigation. Any insight appreciated.
And, yes, I was joking about Bartlet Beck.
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Anonymous User wrote:I have a 3.7 from a lower T14 school (not Georgetown). I have decided not to try NYC or DC because of the competition, and I grew up in Illinois which will probably make moving back there plausible in the eyes of interviewers. Are Sidley, Jenna, Meyer reasonable prospects? If not what other large firms should I focus on? Or maybe I should try for smaller firms like Bartlet Beck.
Want to work in litigation. Any insight appreciated.
And, yes, I was joking about Bartlet Beck.
NYC is MUCH easier to get than Chicago. The class sizes were tiny this past summer.
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Re: Lower T14 Advice for Chicago
With his GPA at any lower t-14, I think OP is fine for Chicago.
I have a feeling that this year NYC is going to be flooded with apps...making it a lot more competitive than last year when people avoided NYC.
I have a feeling that this year NYC is going to be flooded with apps...making it a lot more competitive than last year when people avoided NYC.
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Re: Lower T14 Advice for Chicago
Bartlit Beck is much harder to get than the other firms you mentioned.
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Oh, I can't read.
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Re: Lower T14 Advice for Chicago
Yeah, focusing on Chicago as "safer" than NYC = baad idea. Might be fewer people applying, but a lot of the Chicago firms have small enough class sizes right now that they can take their pick of UChicago/Northwestern/Michigan kids, with a few HYSCCN for flavor. As I've mentioned before, for example, Mayer has people from UChicago, Northwestern, and Michigan this year, and 1 Harvard student--that's it. And you're talking top of the class types, too.
So... good luck?
So... good luck?
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Re: Lower T14 Advice for Chicago
I summered at Reed Smith (formerly Sachnoff and Weaver) a couple years ago and loved it. Good solid firm, not the best in the city but plenty of interesting work and smart people. Best of all: they're nice people. And they don't work themselves to death. I'd definitely bid for an interview.