Exam Period/Holiday gifts from Firms Forum

[Anonymous User]

Contrary to OPs claim, K&E sent a Starbucks card for finals and said a holiday gift would be arriving shortly after the New Year. They also sent chocolate covered pretzels early in the semester (I think for all those who received an offer).

Some guy in our class posted a picture of his K&E pretzels on FB after getting them.

[Anonymous User]

S&C sent out a holiday gift basket

[Anonymous User]

I'm just a 2L, and so far I've gotten a Starbucks gift card from Ropes.

[de5igual]

I hate law students.

[wcarlwilson]

For those that received something did you send a thank you?

I am a 2L with an up coming summer. I received a card stating a charitable gift had been made in my name. I don't know how much, but the charity is a major charity and board in the city. However, the gift and card game from the chairman of the local office and not necessarily the firm itself. Don't know if something will come from the firm, but my question would still stand--did you send a thank you?

I was thinking about sending an email to the chairman (we've already broken the email ice) and just thanking him for the thoughtful gesture, hope that its is put to good use and wish him happy holidays.

If you got something from the firm who did you send your thank you?

[Anonymous User]

Cookie and gift card from Latham.

[Anonymous User]

Same from Latham. 1 cookie and a card. Really guys? You were awesome all summer long and everyone there seems genuinely cool. I'd rather them send nothing I think. When I'm a 3-4th year, I'm going to send scotch/wine/cigars to my favorite summer associates.

[Anonymous User]

For those that received something did you send a thank you?

I am a 2L with an up coming summer. I received a card stating a charitable gift had been made in my name. I don't know how much, but the charity is a major charity and board in the city. However, the gift and card game from the chairman of the local office and not necessarily the firm itself. Don't know if something will come from the firm, but my question would still stand--did you send a thank you?

I was thinking about sending an email to the chairman (we've already broken the email ice) and just thanking him for the thoughtful gesture, hope that its is put to good use and wish him happy holidays.

If you got something from the firm who did you send your thank you?

I'm the Ropes 2L above. Since I just got an e-gift certificate, I just sent a really quick thank you email to the recruiting person who sent me the message.

[Anonymous User]

Other latham folks thank you or no?

[Anonymous User]

PW sent hot chocolate sticks and marshmellows from Dean & DeLuca.

[Anonymous User]

I wasn't going to send a thank you, but I received something a bit more expensive than most things in this thread (except maybe the Weil fleece jacket). Smaller firm so don't want to out myself, but still BigLaw w/decent sized SA class. Is an e-mail in order?

[Anonymous User]

Milbank sent over a reusable cup/thermos thing (with a straw) and a couple packets of hot chocolate.

[Anonymous User]

Shearman sent a nice travel bag, complete with insignia, and a card.

[Anonymous User]

K&L Gates - tumbler and Starbucks gift card

[Anonymous User]

Willkie sent pretzels.

[Anonymous User]

Contrary to OPs claim, K&E sent a Starbucks card for finals and said a holiday gift would be arriving shortly after the New Year. They also sent chocolate covered pretzels early in the semester (I think for all those who received an offer).

This is not true, at least not for the Chicago office. The Starbucks card was not for finals. It was in exchange for filling out their OCI survey, which I assume means everyone who interviewed with them (or maybe got a callback) got once. I also haven't gotten any pretzels.

[bk1]

I don't think I can go on living if someone doesn't publicly tell me what K&E sent, who they sent it to, and why they sent it. Such a cruel, cruel world we live in.

[Anonymous User]

eh, i'd want to know if a firm didn't have their shit together enough to keep track of all the summer associates they're supposed to send stuff to.

[Anonymous User]

Damn now I regret not taking them DPW, Skadden, and JD offers.

[hasmith]

K.I.S. makes a donation to the human fund

[Anonymous User]

Schulte sent my friend a Kindle.....WTF?!

[Anonymous User]

Cookie and gift card from Latham.

Shouldn't Latham be sending lube? You're going to need it if you accept their offer.

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

Cookie and gift card from Latham.

Shouldn't Latham be sending lube? You're going to need it if you accept their offer.

Seriously, why smart people who presumably have other options accept a Latham offer is beyond me.

Would you recommend a lower v100 over Latham?

[Anonymous User]

Cookie and gift card from Latham.

Shouldn't Latham be sending lube? You're going to need it if you accept their offer.

Seriously, why smart people who presumably have other options accept a Latham offer is beyond me.

Would you recommend a lower v100 over Latham?

I would recommend any market paying gig over Latham. Boom-bust is integral to their business model. If the economy goes to shit again, there goes half your class. And I doubt anyone is confident enough about the economy to make that worth it.

How quickly they forget.