Mindset of a Kirkland Share Partner Forum

[melgibsonfan]

there are more than a few TTT grad DUI and personal injury lawyers making seven figures with mid-afternoon tee times in my city but no one is posting "Mindset of a Mid-Size City DUI/PI Lawyer" threads.

But being a Kirkland partner sounds cool too.

We already had that with the Orlando medmal thread that went off the rails.

[Anonymous User]

Could we just take IB vs. biglaw debate as read based on the umpteen other times it gets rehashed here and move on?

I don’t like disinformation being spread to college students who use these forums for major life decisions. Only a sucker would choose to go to law school for corporate over IB at a BB at age 22.

This argument doesn't really make sense to me. BULGE BRACKET INVESTMENT BANKING is one of those things you have to decide you want to do at like 19 and then align all of your shit towards achieving it - and that's assuming you're already at one of like twenty schools. Truly doing the banking path is not really possible if you miss the boat at 19/20. Law school, on the other hand, you can decide on until you're like 30 and have it be fully available to you. People aren't deciding between the two at 22 from a blank slate.

BBs have broaden their recruiting pools a lot since 08. The top 100 universities can get you a shot with a good gpa, major, and networking abilities.

You’d be surprised how many Ivy League graduates throw it all away at age 22 to go to a random T13 law school. Even Wharton alums. My posts speak to them. Don’t go to uva or Cornell law. That boutique bank will take you so much further for the same effort.

The thing people forget in these conversations is this is only true for transactional because they aren't real lawyers. Litigators are real lawyers who practice a grand profession, so it might make sense to choose that path even though you make less money than bankers do. Transactional are not, but are simply the JV version of bankers, so in that case, it would always objectively make more sense to go into finance. I feel like this distinction doesn't get emphasized enough.

i dare you to look the transactional partner whose clients are paying your salary straight in the eyes and say this

Doesn’t make it untrue. It’s like telling that partner his wife is fat and also cheats on him with their pool boy, who she gives his money to in allowance. Better kept to yourself, he knows the score.

Most of the legit litigators aren’t in biglaw anyway.

[melgibsonfan]

I don’t like disinformation being spread to college students who use these forums for major life decisions. Only a sucker would choose to go to law school for corporate over IB at a BB at age 22.

This argument doesn't really make sense to me. BULGE BRACKET INVESTMENT BANKING is one of those things you have to decide you want to do at like 19 and then align all of your shit towards achieving it - and that's assuming you're already at one of like twenty schools. Truly doing the banking path is not really possible if you miss the boat at 19/20. Law school, on the other hand, you can decide on until you're like 30 and have it be fully available to you. People aren't deciding between the two at 22 from a blank slate.

BBs have broaden their recruiting pools a lot since 08. The top 100 universities can get you a shot with a good gpa, major, and networking abilities.

You’d be surprised how many Ivy League graduates throw it all away at age 22 to go to a random T13 law school. Even Wharton alums. My posts speak to them. Don’t go to uva or Cornell law. That boutique bank will take you so much further for the same effort.

The thing people forget in these conversations is this is only true for transactional because they aren't real lawyers. Litigators are real lawyers who practice a grand profession, so it might make sense to choose that path even though you make less money than bankers do. Transactional are not, but are simply the JV version of bankers, so in that case, it would always objectively make more sense to go into finance. I feel like this distinction doesn't get emphasized enough.

i dare you to look the transactional partner whose clients are paying your salary straight in the eyes and say this

Doesn’t make it untrue. It’s like telling that partner his wife is fat and also cheats on him with their pool boy, who she gives his money to in allowance. Better kept to yourself, he knows the score.

Most of the legit litigators aren’t in biglaw anyway.

Probably true. If you love lit you won’t love IB so I am not up for comparing them.