V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
-
- Posts: 432541
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
I've accepted a V20 offer in a major market, and I've missed the boat for clerking. Would working for the v20 firm for a few years and then clerking in a federal district court give me a good shot at lateraling to a firm like Boies? Is the clerkship really necessary for lateraling to a smaller lit boutique (I imagine the sudden pay cut as a clerk would suck)?
-
- Posts: 922
- Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:36 pm
Re: V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
BSF is not a boutique.Anonymous User wrote:I've accepted a V20 offer in a major market, and I've missed the boat for clerking. Would working for the v20 firm for a few years and then clerking in a federal district court give me a good shot at lateraling to a firm like Boies? Is the clerkship really necessary for lateraling to a smaller lit boutique (I imagine the sudden pay cut as a clerk would suck)?
That being said, your proposed route (V20-clerk-boutique) is certainly doable. Just depends on what boutique we are talking about.
-
- Posts: 432541
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
My judge only hires alums, and we've all had biglaw experience. It seems like the plurality return to their old firms, with the next biggest cohort going to a boutique, then AUSAs, then academia.
- rayiner
- Posts: 6145
- Joined: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:43 am
Re: V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
One year at a firm -> clerk is very common. You could do more years at a firm, but that's less common.Anonymous User wrote:I've accepted a V20 offer in a major market, and I've missed the boat for clerking. Would working for the v20 firm for a few years and then clerking in a federal district court give me a good shot at lateraling to a firm like Boies? Is the clerkship really necessary for lateraling to a smaller lit boutique (I imagine the sudden pay cut as a clerk would suck)?
-
- Posts: 465
- Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:35 pm
Re: V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
If you clerk after working at a firm, you'll actually be paid more. I've heard from former clerks how they would work side-by-side with their co-clerks doing the exact same work, but co-clerk who had been in private practice for 2 years was making like 10-15k more because of how federal compensation works (note she have been exaggerating the difference in pay, but there is a difference). For that reason, some people argue that going to a firm first is actually the preferable route.
-
- Posts: 432541
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: V20 Lit -> Fed Clerk -> Lit Boutique
No, the pay difference isn't an exaggeration. Entry level (in my locality) is ~$56K and the next step up is $68K.KidStuddi wrote:If you clerk after working at a firm, you'll actually be paid more. I've heard from former clerks how they would work side-by-side with their co-clerks doing the exact same work, but co-clerk who had been in private practice for 2 years was making like 10-15k more because of how federal compensation works (note she have been exaggerating the difference in pay, but there is a difference). For that reason, some people argue that going to a firm first is actually the preferable route.
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login