BC/BU OCI Forum

[tonidee]

Has anyone gotten an offer from mintz?

I had a callback with them 8 days ago and haven't heard anything

Not until after September 1st will offers be extended.

[Anonymous User]

Any new offers?

[Anonymous User]

I know of Choate and Ropes offers going out tonight.

[Anonymous User]

Do you know what time?

[Anonymous User]

God damn it.

[Anonymous User]

Any movement?

[Anonymous User]

Any movement?

I was dinged from my on campus interview a few weeks ago at both Latham and Weil today, FWIW.

[Anonymous User]

You heard back today for Latham? I heard back last week. But some people are still waiting to hear back from Latham. I know a bunch who got rejection emails in the last 10 days. It's all very confusing with them. Anyone waiting to hear back from Ropes, Skadden and Latham still?

[Anonymous User]

Waiting on Skadden. Choate too.

[Anonymous User]

Heard back from Ropes, Bingham, S&C, waiting on Latham. Anyone else on Latham?

[Anonymous User]

Anything from Saul Ewing?

Also outside of Boston - Stradling newport beach, Seward dc, Harter rochester?

[Anonymous User]

Seems like offers are going out slow

[Anonymous User]

Tuesday Ropes callback people - any word either way yet?

[Anonymous User]

anyone know what the timeline is supposed to be like for Sullivan & Worcester offers?

[Anonymous User]

anyone know what the timeline is supposed to be like for Sullivan & Worcester offers?

I was told the hiring committee was meeting early this upcoming week

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard from Bingham Boston?

[Anonymous User]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

[Anonymous User]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

Work wise, I don't think it's necessarily crazy. Skadden Boston is a great firm for what it does, which as you've pointed out, is mostly M&A. That said, I've heard very few positive things from people who have worked in Skadden's Boston office.

Maybe take that with a grain of salt, because every large law firm is going to have it's people who think the firm is a terrible place to work.

[JusticeHarlan]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

I had a friend trying to make that decisions a couple summers ago (summer 2012) and went with his big three offer because Skadden's offer rate for the summer before had been something like 3/5. That's a few years in the past and I don't remember the exact numbers, but RG/GP/WH are gonna be pretty much 100% rates. NALP had Skadden at 4/4 for summer 2012, for what it's worth, so maybe that other year (2011) was an outlier.

[Anonymous User]

hmmm. that's a little scary. is that the kind of thing I could ask about if I received an offer?

[Anonymous User]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

Just to be clear, Skadden Boston doesn't only do M&A--they have a legit and well regarded litigation group. If you meant that they only do M&A on the corporate side, that's pretty much true. They have very small groups in Investment Management and Executive Compensation/Benefits, but you can't count on those groups to be hiring in any given year.

I have also heard bad things about the work environment.

[JusticeHarlan]

hmmm. that's a little scary. is that the kind of thing I could ask about if I received an offer?

I think that's fair to ask on a follow-up visit or something once you already have an offer.

[Anonymous User]

Yah. I meant on the corporate side. I'm trying to figure out whether these bad work environment stories are just tls echo chamber. As I said, everyone I met had been pretty friendly and positive.

[Anonymous User]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

Just to be clear, Skadden Boston doesn't only do M&A--they have a legit and well regarded litigation group. If you meant that they only do M&A on the corporate side, that's pretty much true. They have very small groups in Investment Management and Executive Compensation/Benefits, but you can't count on those groups to be hiring in any given year.

I have also heard bad things about the work environment.

Skadden Boston will grind your ass out faster than other Boston firms. You'll be working 9AM - midnight (or later) regularly, not 9-6 or 7 with the occasional late night.

[Anonymous User]

What's the general perception re Skadden boston? I know they only do M&A. If that's what I want to do would it be crazy to go there over big three firms? I've liked the people I've met with a lot.

Just to be clear, Skadden Boston doesn't only do M&A--they have a legit and well regarded litigation group. If you meant that they only do M&A on the corporate side, that's pretty much true. They have very small groups in Investment Management and Executive Compensation/Benefits, but you can't count on those groups to be hiring in any given year.

I have also heard bad things about the work environment.

Skadden Boston will grind your ass out faster than other Boston firms. You'll be working 9AM - midnight (or later) regularly, not 9-6 or 7 with the occasional late night.

Is this from personal experience? True on lit and corp sides?