Bidding on Susman at UT
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:06 pm
Does anyone know how big their summer associate class is? Do people actually get SA offers from OCI or is it a waste of a bid from UT? I have roughly a 4.0.
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Susman hires about 2 summers for each of their offices. Since you are at UT, they'll probably consider you for the Houston/Dallas offices. So that means your competing for 4 spots along with students from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Chicago (the other schools they do OCI at).nonprofit-prophet wrote:Does anyone know how big their summer associate class is? Do people actually get SA offers from OCI or is it a waste of a bid from UT? I have roughly a 4.0.
Not a waste. But, of course, know that you are playing with fire as you may not get a perm. offer from the summer.nonprofit-prophet wrote:Does anyone know how big their summer associate class is? Do people actually get SA offers from OCI or is it a waste of a bid from UT? I have roughly a 4.0.
this is actually trueJusticeJackson wrote:http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecare ... an-qa.html
Offers contingent on landing a federal clerkship.
JusticeJackson wrote:http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecare ... an-qa.html
Offers contingent on landing a federal clerkship.
He eventually got a clerkship but it just goes to show you that they are serious about the rule. Also district court will suffice and theoretically you would think that they would encourage or prefer district court clerks since Susman is so trial oriented. However, practically all their hires recently come from CoA.JusticeJackson wrote:I'm blown away someone could land Susman, but couldn't land a federal clerkship. Do you know if it's a federal COA clerkship, or will a district court clerkship suffice?Anonymous User wrote:this is actually trueJusticeJackson wrote:http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecare ... an-qa.html
Offers contingent on landing a federal clerkship.
I know someone whose offer they rescinded after he failed to land a federal clerkship.
Summering with them really means nothing because they will only consider you for full-time employment if they like your work and you land a federal clerkship.
I don't know whether he eventually got the offer.JusticeJackson wrote:Did he get an offer after he landed the clerkship? They sent a letter to me at the chambers of the COA judge I clerked for, but I got a ding when I applied. I think they mass mail all COA clerks. Their letter listed some pretty sweet bonuses, if I recall correctly.Anonymous User wrote:He eventually got a clerkship but it just goes to show you that they are serious about the rule. Also district court will suffice and theoretically you would think that they would encourage or prefer district court clerks since Susman is so trial oriented. However, practically all their hires recently come from CoA.
Edit: I found the letter. Not as sweet as I remembered. They say bonuses typically equal 25-100+% of associate annual salary, and last year bonuses ranged from 45K to over 100K. Pretty good though. Better than what I get now.
Anonymous User wrote:I don't know whether he eventually got the offer.JusticeJackson wrote:Did he get an offer after he landed the clerkship? They sent a letter to me at the chambers of the COA judge I clerked for, but I got a ding when I applied. I think they mass mail all COA clerks. Their letter listed some pretty sweet bonuses, if I recall correctly.Anonymous User wrote:He eventually got a clerkship but it just goes to show you that they are serious about the rule. Also district court will suffice and theoretically you would think that they would encourage or prefer district court clerks since Susman is so trial oriented. However, practically all their hires recently come from CoA.
Edit: I found the letter. Not as sweet as I remembered. They say bonuses typically equal 25-100+% of associate annual salary, and last year bonuses ranged from 45K to over 100K. Pretty good though. Better than what I get now.
Also their bonuses are larger than any firm not named Wachtell. And if you are in the TX's offices, when you factor in COL and no federal taxes, its probably the highest paying firm for associates right now. Add to the fact that they have a short partnership track of 5 years after a clerkship. In my opinion, if you want to a civil litigator, I can't think of a better firm for a young associate in terms of experience and compensation.
The NY office is right now probably the toughest one to get into. They seem to only be hiring associates that are SCOTUS clerk material.