NJ Firms: 2013 Edition Forum

[Anonymous User]

Any hint on whether these firms are taking 3Ls?

- ARod's Dealer

It can't hurt to apply, but from my experience, they want post-clerkships and laterals. Your best bet is to get on App. Div./NJ Supreme (and Law Div. assignment judges) applications.

-Rosalita

ETA: If you've had 1L/2L SA's, definitely apply to Supreme. They pay close to federal clerkship rates and you shouldn't have a problem getting a place like Lowenstein or McCarter English afterwards; although I can see with your SA's one of the two potentially biting now.

Lowenstein is a better bet than McCarter

Yeah, that sounds about right. I've known young associates who burned out of there faster than their NYC BigLaw counterparts, which is saying something. So I'd imagine they could probably use well-credentialed first-year bodies.

-Rosalita

[Anonymous User]

Would you automatically be a 2nd year associate on the pay scale if you clerked for the Supreme Court or App Div?

-Red Herring

[Anonymous User]

Would you automatically be a 2nd year associate on the pay scale if you clerked for the Supreme Court or App Div?

-Red Herring

Ordinarily (meaning not NJ) it depends on the firm, but most will give you either a clerking bonus and start you as a first year, or no bonus but start you as a second year.
Because NJ doesn't follow NYC lockstep, and because a lot of firms stopped hiring SAs and 1st year associates, who knows? For firms like McCarter and Gibbons I am unable to find recent data that would be of use to us.

Edit: shore surfer

[Anonymous User]

Going to hit up all of them regardless. Cole is requesting resumes from my school, so here's hoping I get a bite somewhere. I have super strong ties to the state since I lived there all my life.

- ARod's Dealer

[Anonymous User]

Would you automatically be a 2nd year associate on the pay scale if you clerked for the Supreme Court or App Div?

-Red Herring

Ordinarily (meaning not NJ) it depends on the firm, but most will give you either a clerking bonus and start you as a first year, or no bonus but start you as a second year.
Because NJ doesn't follow NYC lockstep, and because a lot of firms stopped hiring SAs and 1st year associates, who knows? For firms like McCarter and Gibbons I am unable to find recent data that would be of use to us.

Edit: shore surfer

90% sure Lowenstein does both, but I think they're the only one.

And ARod's Dealer, I think it's definitely worth it to apply everywhere, but you probably want to hit up the clerkships too; just in case.

-Rosalita

[Anonymous User]

Going to hit up all of them regardless. Cole is requesting resumes from my school, so here's hoping I get a bite somewhere. I have super strong ties to the state since I lived there all my life.

- ARod's Dealer

Cole Schotz has interview slots for 3Ls at my OCI

shore Surfer

[Anonymous User]

Would you automatically be a 2nd year associate on the pay scale if you clerked for the Supreme Court or App Div?

-Red Herring

Ordinarily (meaning not NJ) it depends on the firm, but most will give you either a clerking bonus and start you as a first year, or no bonus but start you as a second year.
Because NJ doesn't follow NYC lockstep, and because a lot of firms stopped hiring SAs and 1st year associates, who knows? For firms like McCarter and Gibbons I am unable to find recent data that would be of use to us.

Edit: shore surfer

90% sure Lowenstein does both, but I think they're the only one.

And ARod's Dealer, I think it's definitely worth it to apply everywhere, but you probably want to hit up the clerkships too; just in case.

-Rosalita

FWIW, I don't have much interest in clerking. If I strike out in NJ, I'll be content to stay where I am until I can lateral. Place where I am at now is fantastic for young attorneys (you do depos your first year with the firm!).

Thanks for the advice, though. I truly appreciate it.

I wish that I had a bit more of a sure footing into a NJ firm, but it is what it is.

- ARod's Dealer

[Anonymous User]

Going to hit up all of them regardless. Cole is requesting resumes from my school, so here's hoping I get a bite somewhere. I have super strong ties to the state since I lived there all my life.

- ARod's Dealer

Cole Schotz has interview slots for 3Ls at my OCI

shore Surfer

Jersey school?

- ARod's Dealer

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone else having technical difficulties with all of the firms that use LawCruit? It won't let me upload docs. Is that what you were using, shore?

-Red Herring

Same here. I intend to call the company that provides the software, but I've been out of commission this past week.

Shore Surfer

Called Lawcruit to complain, they basically said complain to the law firm (yeah right).
Had success uploading documents today though.

Shore Surfer

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how to mail MDMC? I can't find a contact on their website and they don't do resume collect at my T14. Thanks

-Big Bird

[Anonymous User]

Seems like this would be the person to e-mail: http://www.mdmc-law.com/attorneys/Nicole_Alexander/

-Red Herring

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how to mail MDMC? I can't find a contact on their website and they don't do resume collect at my T14. Thanks

-Big Bird

On that note, they do resume collect at my school. Should I still mass mail? (Seeing as resume collect is 2 months away)

Shore Surfer

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have any information about Whitmore Bachman & Smith (such as their website?)

Other firms for the list:
Matus & Connell
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
Jackson Lewis (workplace law)
Fisher Phillips (employment law)
Wilson Elser Moskiwitz Edelman Dicker (no entry level hiring?)
Eckert Seamans Cherin Mellott (not recruiting law schools)
Frenkel Lambert!(insurance defense)
Norris McLaughlin Marcus. (No entry level hiring?)
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
Mendes & Mount (insurance specialist)
Ford & Harrison (labor & employment)
Eric A Shore (disability)
Morrison Mahoney (no entry level hiring?)
Chugh (no entry level hiring?)
Constanky brooks smith (labor & employment)
Dickie McCarney Chilcote
Obermayer Maxwell Hippel
margolis edelstein
Litchfield Cavo
Adelson Teslan Brundo Novell Jimemez (workers comp)
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck
Schwartz Campbell (insurance Defense)

Shore Surfer

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have any information about Whitmore Bachman & Smith (such as their website?)

Other firms for the list:
Matus & Connell
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
Jackson Lewis (workplace law)
Fisher Phillips (employment law)
Wilson Elser Moskiwitz Edelman Dicker (no entry level hiring?)
Eckert Seamans Cherin Mellott (not recruiting law schools)
Frenkel Lambert!(insurance defense)
Norris McLaughlin Marcus. (No entry level hiring?)
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
Mendes & Mount (insurance specialist)
Ford & Harrison (labor & employment)
Eric A Shore (disability)
Morrison Mahoney (no entry level hiring?)
Chugh (no entry level hiring?)
Constanky brooks smith (labor & employment)
Dickie McCarney Chilcote
Obermayer Maxwell Hippel
Margolis Edelstein
Litchfield Cavo
Adelson Teslan Brundo Novell Jimemez (workers comp)
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck
Schwartz Campbell (insurance Defense)

Shore Surfer

I go to a NJ school. Interviewed with most of the NJ firms that take SAs. Most on this list don't. Some may take summer law clerks, but they won't normally decide until spring. Get your hands on the NJ Law Journal Summer SA edition. They list all the firms with incoming SA classed, how many slots, how much they pay etc. There may be about 10-12 firms worth reaching out to now. The rest wont decide if the are gonna have a summer until spring. Others don't do SA programs at all anymore and only hire after judicial clerkships.

Also, be prepared to wait for a while for the firms that do have SA programs to decide whether or not they will give you an offer or not. One New Jersey firm *cough, Bressler Amery, cough* did not reject me until November. I had my screener and callback with them in August. I want to say Riker Danzig and Day Pitney were also pretty slow. I may have been on a "hold" list though to be fair. Others may have received their post callback dings a lot quicker.

Either way, NJ is hard to crack! with the legal market continuing to shrink, they have been able to snag T-14 students pretty easy. So unless you are T-14 or the top, top, top of your class at a NJ school, i definitely would apply to other markets as well.

Good Luck!

-NJ2014

[Anonymous User]

Know where I can get a copy?

[Anonymous User]

Know where I can get a copy?

If you "subscribe" you can see it online. My NJ School Law Library had a copy last year. That's what I used. I may have a copy back in apartment in NJ. If I can find it when I return in a few weeks I'll post the info.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

Cole Schotz isn't looking at applications until September, apparently.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

Cole Schotz isn't looking at applications until September, apparently.

Second that and crickets everywhere else.

-Big Bird

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

Cole Schotz isn't looking at applications until September, apparently.

Second that and crickets everywhere else.

-Big Bird

Have you at least gotten an acknowledgment when you sent in your application, or no response at all?

-Tiny Dancer

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

Cole Schotz isn't looking at applications until September, apparently.

Second that and crickets everywhere else.

-Big Bird

Have you at least gotten an acknowledgment when you sent in your application, or no response at all?

-Tiny Dancer

Email back from Cole saying thanks but wait until September

-Big Bird

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything yet?

Crickets. But at least I'm heading to AC next week

Shore Surfer

[Anonymous User]

Got a callback/screener (it's a 2.5 hour with lunch, so I guess a callback? I didn'r have a screener) at Riker Danzig after a mass mail. This was a few days ago.

- MT

[Anonymous User]

Callback: connell foley
Screener (I think): Proskauer Newark

Just outside top 3rd at lower T14 and strong ties to Northern New Jersey

-Big Bird

[Anonymous User]

Screener at Riker
NJ School, T5%, LR, NJ Born/Raised/CurrentRes