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Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:52 am
by Anonymous User
My friend at S&C said his firm provides him with 6 weeks of work time (paid at the pro-rated rate of an associate) during the summer while he studies for the bar as a recent graduate. Can anyone confirm this program?
Does this program exist for any other firm in the V10? I'll be working at another, and I never heard of such a thing.
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:20 pm
by thesealocust
It's very rare, but does happen sometimes. If S&C does it I've never heard of it before.
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:48 pm
by Anonymous User
He'll be clerking -- so that may be the reason why.
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:20 pm
by Uncle.Joe
Isn't that just a generous bar stipend?
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:13 pm
by Sup Kid
Uncle.Joe wrote:Isn't that just a generous bar stipend?
Sounds like it. 6 weeks = ~$18,000, which is right around what many firms in NYC give as a bar stipend
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:18 pm
by Anonymous User
Sup Kid wrote:Uncle.Joe wrote:Isn't that just a generous bar stipend?
Sounds like it. 6 weeks = ~$18,000, which is right around what many firms in NYC give as a bar stipend
NY firms don't give a bar stipend, just an advance (including S&C).
If he's clerking, he may be working for S&C as a pre-clerkship SA while studying for the bar, which happens. Otherwise, sounds like a misinterpretation of the bar advance or a lie.
Re: Possible to work at law firm while studying for bar?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:25 pm
by Sup Kid
Anonymous User wrote:Sup Kid wrote:Uncle.Joe wrote:Isn't that just a generous bar stipend?
Sounds like it. 6 weeks = ~$18,000, which is right around what many firms in NYC give as a bar stipend
NY firms don't give a bar stipend...
As an absolute rule, this is incorrect; I work at a V30 firm that gave us a $17,000 bar stipend (not an advance - we didn't have to pay it back). I will note that while it was better than the more typical advance, we had to pay for our own bar prep courses and bar exam fees.