What have you heard about some of the prominent DC lit boutiques (e.g. Robbins, Russell; Zuckerman Spaeder; Kellogg Huber)?
Specifically, I am curious as to the type of work given to associates, salary, job growth, hiring...honestly anything good or bad you know about them.
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jonas
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Re: DC Litigation Boutiques
The good:
1) Lean staffing and lots of responsibility early in your career.
2) Interesting, front-page-news cases.
3) Pay is often higher than big law -- sometimes significantly higher.
4) Better partnership prospects, and sometimes shorter partnership tracks, than in big law.
5) Great exit options (govt, nonprofit, academia, etc.).
The bad:
1) Same hours as big law, or longer.
2) Incredibly hard to get. You'll need top grades from a top school and an elite clerkship. If you haven't already, check the bios of associates at these firms; you'll see lots of 2/9/DC Circuit clerks, SCt clerks, Bristow Fellows, OLC lawyers, etc.
1) Lean staffing and lots of responsibility early in your career.
2) Interesting, front-page-news cases.
3) Pay is often higher than big law -- sometimes significantly higher.
4) Better partnership prospects, and sometimes shorter partnership tracks, than in big law.
5) Great exit options (govt, nonprofit, academia, etc.).
The bad:
1) Same hours as big law, or longer.
2) Incredibly hard to get. You'll need top grades from a top school and an elite clerkship. If you haven't already, check the bios of associates at these firms; you'll see lots of 2/9/DC Circuit clerks, SCt clerks, Bristow Fellows, OLC lawyers, etc.
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Magnificent
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Re: DC Litigation Boutiques
anyone know which DC lit boutiques pay more than biglaw?jonas wrote:The good:
1) Lean staffing and lots of responsibility early in your career.
2) Interesting, front-page-news cases.
3) Pay is often higher than big law -- sometimes significantly higher.
4) Better partnership prospects, and sometimes shorter partnership tracks, than in big law.
5) Great exit options (govt, nonprofit, academia, etc.).
The bad:
1) Same hours as big law, or longer.
2) Incredibly hard to get. You'll need top grades from a top school and an elite clerkship. If you haven't already, check the bios of associates at these firms; you'll see lots of 2/9/DC Circuit clerks, SCt clerks, Bristow Fellows, OLC lawyers, etc.
