NY firms with transactional rotation programs Forum

[Anonymous User]

I’m doing my pre-OCI research and trying to find/make a list of (NY) firms with formal rotation programs within the transactional/corporate department. I think that a rotation program is much better suited to my nature and skill set then just being a generalist in a free market system.

So far I have the following firms as having formal rotation programs within their corporate/transactional departments:
Debevoise (2 x 12 months)
Milbank (3x 4 months)
Davis Polk (2 x 6 months)
Simpson Thacher (2 x 8 months with one backup group to provide you with additional work)
Allen and Overy (2 x 6 months)
Skadden (2 x 8 months)

Any others?

I know Cravath also has its own more bespoke rotation system that goes on for most of one’s time as an associate but Cravath is a bit of a reach for me given my grade profile and I don’t particularly want to work there anyway given what I’ve heard about its culture and intensity.

[lawdude31]

I am pretty sure Paul Weiss has rotations as well.

[Anonymous User]

I am pretty sure Paul Weiss has rotations as well.

They seem to have an ‘unassigned program’ which lets you sample work from different practice areas but not a more immersive rotation program.

[Anonymous User]

Just to note that Allen & Overy's rotations aren't limited to transactional, it's all practices. You can try both lit and corporate if you want, for example.

[Anonymous User]

I’m doing my pre-OCI research and trying to find/make a list of (NY) firms with formal rotation programs within the transactional/corporate department. I think that a rotation program is much better suited to my nature and skill set then just being a generalist in a free market system.

So far I have the following firms as having formal rotation programs within their corporate/transactional departments:
Debevoise (2 x 12 months)
Milbank (3x 4 months)
Davis Polk (2 x 6 months)
Simpson Thacher (2 x 8 months with one backup group to provide you with additional work)
Allen and Overy (2 x 6 months)
Skadden (2 x 8 months)

Any others?

I know Cravath also has its own more bespoke rotation system that goes on for most of one’s time as an associate but Cravath is a bit of a reach for me given my grade profile and I don’t particularly want to work there anyway given what I’ve heard about its culture and intensity.

I would at least do a screener at Cravath, I had the exact same thoughts before recruiting (reach + bad culture) and was very surprised at how much I liked the people/ that I somehow got a callback/offer. Worst comes to worst, you wasted 20 minutes doing a screener but you might be surprised.

[icansortofmath]

Cravath is more cutoff then fit based hiring than ranking by GPA like some of the grade sensitive firms out there.

Obviously bottom of top 1/3 at t-14 will have lower chances than law review at NYU but I know for certain (more than one offers to people barely in top 1/3 of t14) they got a fighting chance.

[Anonymous User]

I am pretty sure Paul Weiss has rotations as well.

They seem to have an ‘unassigned program’ which lets you sample work from different practice areas but not a more immersive rotation program.

Goodwin overall does the same. I believe Ropes is the same