3L OCI Forum

[Anonymous User]

Paul Weiss offer last week.

[michael2015]

If anyone has had a CB for a NY firms can you shoot me a PM. I have a few questions.

[Anonymous User]

Goodwin? White and Case?

Goodwin NY offer

Congrats! When did you hear?

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I interviewed with a different office but had a very similar dilemma. I don't have an offer and only recently did my cb but I think I'd buck up and take it all the same in a lot of situations.

[Anonymous User]

Offer from Skadden NYC for corp (excluding M&A). CB was a little over a week ago.

[Anonymous User]

Are you told upfront that Skadden (or any firm for that matter) is not interviewing for M&A/did they tell you during the interview?

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I interviewed with a different office but had a very similar dilemma. I don't have an offer and only recently did my cb but I think I'd buck up and take it all the same in a lot of situations.

Which office? LA?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from White and Case?

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I took Paul Weiss corp over K&E corp for this very reason.

[Anonymous User]

Are you told upfront that Skadden (or any firm for that matter) is not interviewing for M&A/did they tell you during the interview?

yeah they told me upfront

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I took Paul Weiss corp over K&E corp for this very reason.

Were these 2L or 3L offers out of curiosity?

[Anonymous User]

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I took Paul Weiss corp over K&E corp for this very reason.

Were these 2L or 3L offers out of curiosity?

3L, practice-group specific

[Anonymous User]

you mean corp generally, right? not like finance practice-group specific?

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I took Paul Weiss corp over K&E corp for this very reason.

Thanks, that makes me feel better about being wary. Plus the main NY firms did not seem to take them seriously (whether that's fair or not is another question)

[Anonymous User]

Sull Crom and Cleary were both recently looking for Litigation. Sull Crom was not looking for corporate. Cleary not certain.

[Anonymous User]

Sull Crom and Cleary were both recently looking for Litigation. Sull Crom was not looking for corporate. Cleary not certain.

Had a Cleary CB for Corporate

[Anonymous User]

Is Kirkland currently doing interviews? What market?

NYC Corporate as late as last week.

Not to be an ass to people still looking for their first offer, but is anyone with 2L SA offers considering jumping to K&E NY Corporate? They seem to be busy and a good firm but it's going to be really hard for me to accept given their personality reputation, especially without having experienced it and gotten a foothold as a summer

I know someone who finished an SA there and is going back and really liked the people (and he's a good guy), but I can't offer much more than that.

[Anonymous User]

you mean corp generally, right? not like finance practice-group specific?

Right, corp dept.

[Anonymous User]

I took Paul Weiss corp over K&E corp for this very reason.

Thanks, that makes me feel better about being wary. Plus the main NY firms did not seem to take them seriously (whether that's fair or not is another question)

Corporate departments at top firms across new york are all overwhelmingly busy right now, so wherever you go at this level you will have a lot of work coming your way. K&E has a culture that seems to draw a certain type of person, and I'm sure some people thrive in the environment there, but if I am going to be buried in work, I'd rather be in a place where I know I am comfortable with the culture and don't have to worry about the dynamics of a culture I may not fit into well or just plain don't like. Like you, having not experienced it as a summer made me feel like I was taking a gamble vs. other firms that seem to have much more genteel--or at least less polarizing--reputations for culture.

[Anonymous User]

Goodwin? White and Case?

Goodwin NY offer

Congrats! When did you hear?

Thanks! I heard same day.

[Anonymous User]

everyone getting ny positions - did any of you come from an NJ firm? choosing between NJ and DE for a 2L SA. I'd like working at both but i really want to be in NY... any idea which one is better for 3L OCI season?

[Anonymous User]

Is directly contacting firms before 3L OCI something that generally works (like it can before 2L OCI)? I am not sure how I would be able to get a shot at firms who do not normally come to my school to recruit 3Ls (Skadden/SullCrom/STB).

[Anonymous User]

Is directly contacting firms before 3L OCI something that generally works (like it can before 2L OCI)? I am not sure how I would be able to get a shot at firms who do not normally come to my school to recruit 3Ls (Skadden/SullCrom/STB).

Mass mail's the main game for 3L. I just attach resume, transcript, and cover letter to a brief email message to recruiting.

[Anonymous User]

Is directly contacting firms before 3L OCI something that generally works (like it can before 2L OCI)? I am not sure how I would be able to get a shot at firms who do not normally come to my school to recruit 3Ls (Skadden/SullCrom/STB).

Mass mail's the main game for 3L. I just attach resume, transcript, and cover letter to a brief email message to recruiting.

Awesome, thanks!