Cravath or Covington DC for Litigation? Forum

[rpupkin]

People are saying that white collar work doesn't give you good litigation skills because it's fact-heavy and you're not filing things in court. There's some truth to that but I think working in white collar practice is still viewed as a more natural path to AUSA, for whatever reason. Ideally you wouldn't do all internal investigations and you wouldn't do all civil lit.

Agree with this.

[Desert Fox]

[rpupkin]

People are saying that white collar work doesn't give you good litigation skills because it's fact-heavy and you're not filing things in court. There's some truth to that but I think working in white collar practice is still viewed as a more natural path to AUSA, for whatever reason. Ideally you wouldn't do all internal investigations and you wouldn't do all civil lit.

Agree with this.

But also Cravath lit juniors don't do shit either.

Agree with this as well. If you're not doing shit either way, and if your medium-term goal is AUSA, you probably should go to the firm with the more active white-collar practice.

I mean, TCR here is a lit boutique where OP could get actual lit skills as a junior, but it doesn't sound like that's on the table.

[Anonymous User]

Agree with this as well. If you're not doing shit either way, and if your medium-term goal is AUSA, you probably should go to the firm with the more active white-collar practice.

I mean, TCR here is a lit boutique where OP could get actual lit skills as a junior, but it doesn't sound like that's on the table.

Facing a similar decision myself. Can anyone speak to whether this ^ is credited? Do USAOs generally treat biglaw AUSA applicants who do white collar doc review different from those who help with depos and work on stuff that gets filed in court?

[rpupkin]

Agree with this as well. If you're not doing shit either way, and if your medium-term goal is AUSA, you probably should go to the firm with the more active white-collar practice.

I mean, TCR here is a lit boutique where OP could get actual lit skills as a junior, but it doesn't sound like that's on the table.

Facing a similar decision myself. Can anyone speak to whether this ^ is credited? Do USAOs generally treat biglaw AUSA applicants who do white collar doc review different from those who help with depos and work on stuff that gets filed in court?

I'm not sure your question reflects what we're talking about here. I think the point is that if you're looking at white collar doc review versus general commercial lit doc review, the white collar path makes a bit more sense because the attorneys in your group are more likely to have connections to USAOs.

But if the non-white-collar path involves taking depos and drafting important motions as a junior associate, then that's probably a better choice. You're just unlikely to get that kind of experience as a junior at Cravath.

[quiver]

OP -- feel free to PM me