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Lay prestige of firms
I love ranking everything because I am a TLSer and a soon to be member of the legal profession. I have noticed that although I am going to an almighty V10, very few non-lawyers that I talk to have heard of it (no, I don't live in NYC). People do, however, always bring up the 3rd step-cousin or long lost college sorority sister that they know who is now a scuttling 2nd year associate at Skadden or Latham or Baker & McKenzie or Jones Day.
Question for TLS:
How would you rank the lay prestige of law firms? Is it generally by headcount? "Local" presence?
I will go ahead and throw out there that I think Skadden is numero uno in lay preftige, but by all means go at it in arguing for your proposed pecking order.
Question for TLS:
How would you rank the lay prestige of law firms? Is it generally by headcount? "Local" presence?
I will go ahead and throw out there that I think Skadden is numero uno in lay preftige, but by all means go at it in arguing for your proposed pecking order.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
All law firms have the same lay prestige value: None.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
You're ruining the fun of ranking things that do not need to be ranked. Stop it.thesealocust wrote:All law firms have the same lay prestige value: None.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
No one in the lay world knows anything about law firms.Anonymous User wrote:I love ranking everything because I am a TLSer and a soon to be member of the legal profession. I have noticed that although I am going to an almighty V10, very few non-lawyers that I talk to have heard of it (no, I don't live in NYC). People do, however, always bring up the 3rd step-cousin or long lost college sorority sister that they know who is now a scuttling 2nd year associate at Skadden or Latham or Baker & McKenzie or Jones Day.
Question for TLS:
How would you rank the lay prestige of law firms? Is it generally by headcount? "Local" presence?
I will go ahead and throw out there that I think Skadden is numero uno in lay preftige, but by all means go at it in arguing for your proposed pecking order.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
I didn't even know anything about law firms until like the day before I had to submit my interview bids. I remember talking to attorneys my 1L year who were clearly disappointed that I wasn't impressed with their prestigious firm resumes, because I had no idea what a Sullivan & Cromwell was.ph14 wrote:No one in the lay world knows anything about law firms.Anonymous User wrote:I love ranking everything because I am a TLSer and a soon to be member of the legal profession. I have noticed that although I am going to an almighty V10, very few non-lawyers that I talk to have heard of it (no, I don't live in NYC). People do, however, always bring up the 3rd step-cousin or long lost college sorority sister that they know who is now a scuttling 2nd year associate at Skadden or Latham or Baker & McKenzie or Jones Day.
Question for TLS:
How would you rank the lay prestige of law firms? Is it generally by headcount? "Local" presence?
I will go ahead and throw out there that I think Skadden is numero uno in lay preftige, but by all means go at it in arguing for your proposed pecking order.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
Before I went to law school, I didn't know of any firms. I remember my future law school had an alumnus contact me and he was like, "Hey, this is Associate X, I work at Gibson Dunn." And when I didn't even flinch, he was like, "It's one of the biggest firms in LA."
- manofjustice
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
I'd say Crane, Poole & Schmidt is probably the most prestigious, laymen-wise.
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Re: Lay prestige of firms
This thread is what's wrong with law students, essentially.