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...total SA spots.

IAFG wrote:...total SA spots.

Ouch.

Mayer Chicago just gives up hiring anybody, looking to fill first-year spots on the lateral market.

Is this good or bad? Context, if you will.

rayiner wrote:Mayer Chicago just gives up hiring anybody, looking to fill first-year spots on the lateral market.

Truth.

I would avoid Mayer. It has been in steady decline since Refco. Same goes for Jenner. Chicago-based firms are pretty TTT.

ETA: Mayer actually makes their SAs work too. Most of them worked like 8-8 this summer from what I hear. The horror.

BackToTheOldHouse wrote:Is this good or bad? Context, if you will.

Not sure if srs.

BackToTheOldHouse wrote:Is this good or bad? Context, if you will.

Back when we still had an economy, "NYC to $190k" was a meme. I am poking fun at the lack of Chicago recovery.

IAFG wrote:

BackToTheOldHouse wrote:Is this good or bad? Context, if you will.

Back when we still had an economy, "NYC to $190k" was a meme. I am poking fun at the lack of Chicago recovery.

Ahh, I get it. I was serious in that I have never paid any attention to the SA class size in Chicago.

I am skeptical that Chicago and Illinois in general will be able to recover as fast as the other markets.

Illinois decided to increase corporate and personal taxes in order to deal with its latest budget deficit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/13illinois.html.
This move has definitely angered large businesses. Some major businesses including Caterpillar and CME group have been threatening to leave the state. http://www.wbez.org/story/business-grou ... axes-89358

Why would a national law firm hire more associates in a place that has recently become unfriendly to its biggest customers, large corporations?

Anonymous User wrote:

rayiner wrote:Mayer Chicago just gives up hiring anybody, looking to fill first-year spots on the lateral market.

Truth.

I would avoid Mayer. It has been in steady decline since Refco. Same goes for Jenner. Chicago-based firms are pretty TTT.

ETA: Mayer actually makes their SAs work too. Most of them worked like 8-8 this summer from what I hear. The horror.

Kirkland is not sure if serious.

shoeshine wrote:I am skeptical that Chicago and Illinois in general will be able to recover as fast as the other markets.

Illinois decided to increase corporate and personal taxes in order to deal with its latest budget deficit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/13illinois.html.
This move has definitely angered large businesses. Some major businesses including Caterpillar and CME group have been threatening to leave the state. http://www.wbez.org/story/business-grou ... axes-89358

Why would a national law firm hire more associates in a place that has recently become unfriendly to its biggest customers, large corporations?

The can threaten to leave, but taxes here are still low compared to other US financial centers.

ToTransferOrNot wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

rayiner wrote:Mayer Chicago just gives up hiring anybody, looking to fill first-year spots on the lateral market.

Truth.

I would avoid Mayer. It has been in steady decline since Refco. Same goes for Jenner. Chicago-based firms are pretty TTT.

ETA: Mayer actually makes their SAs work too. Most of them worked like 8-8 this summer from what I hear. The horror.

Kirkland is not sure if serious.

TBF, Kirkland is not TTT. Sidley probably isn't either. The next 4 "good" Chicago firms: Winston, Mayer, Jenner, and McDermott are all TTT to varying degrees.

ToTransferOrNot wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

rayiner wrote:Mayer Chicago just gives up hiring anybody, looking to fill first-year spots on the lateral market.

Truth.

I would avoid Mayer. It has been in steady decline since Refco. Same goes for Jenner. Chicago-based firms are pretty TTT.

ETA: Mayer actually makes their SAs work too. Most of them worked like 8-8 this summer from what I hear. The horror.

Kirkland is not sure if serious.

Kirkland is pwning, but is being helped along by its Chicago competitors completely shitting the bed.

rayiner wrote:
Kirkland is pwning, but is being helped along by its Chicago competitors completely shitting the bed.

Truth.

That being said, Kirkland is not THE firm for EVERY field in Chicago. If you are interested in some of the smaller groups, going to Kirkland is definitely the wrong choice.