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Associate status after clerking?
Say you clerk for 2 years. After clerking, would you start as a third year? My friend said something to that effect. Not sure if it's a firm-by-firm thing or what.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
its firm by firm but most firms have firm progression or whatever its called for clerking. if you check nalp, it usually says. that being said, a friend of mine did this and was supposed to be a 3rd year but only got 1 year progression instead of 2. (not sure what happened)olive16 wrote:Say you clerk for 2 years. After clerking, would you start as a third year? My friend said something to that effect. Not sure if it's a firm-by-firm thing or what.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
sorry didnt mean for this to by anonymousAnonymous User wrote:its firm by firm but most firms have firm progression or whatever its called for clerking. if you check nalp, it usually says. that being said, a friend of mine did this and was supposed to be a 3rd year but only got 1 year progression instead of 2. (not sure what happened)olive16 wrote:Say you clerk for 2 years. After clerking, would you start as a third year? My friend said something to that effect. Not sure if it's a firm-by-firm thing or what.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
thanks, i checked NALP but couldn't find anything for my firm.Anonymous User wrote:its firm by firm but most firms have firm progression or whatever its called for clerking. if you check nalp, it usually says. that being said, a friend of mine did this and was supposed to be a 3rd year but only got 1 year progression instead of 2. (not sure what happened)olive16 wrote:Say you clerk for 2 years. After clerking, would you start as a third year? My friend said something to that effect. Not sure if it's a firm-by-firm thing or what.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
You can call the recruiting director and ask. Almost all firms give at least one year credit for clerking. Some give two years credit if you clerk for two years and some don't. And some will give two years credit for compensation purposes but not for seniority purposes. This may actually be the best of both worlds. After two years of clerking you will not be at the same law firm competency level as someone who has spent two years at the firm. So if you can get paid as a third year, but only be expected to have the competence of a second year, you may well be better off.olive16 wrote:thanks, i checked NALP but couldn't find anything for my firm.Anonymous User wrote:its firm by firm but most firms have firm progression or whatever its called for clerking. if you check nalp, it usually says. that being said, a friend of mine did this and was supposed to be a 3rd year but only got 1 year progression instead of 2. (not sure what happened)olive16 wrote:Say you clerk for 2 years. After clerking, would you start as a third year? My friend said something to that effect. Not sure if it's a firm-by-firm thing or what.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
Many firms also distinguish between if you're going in for corporate (very unlikely to give you 2 years) or litigation (much more likely, but varies from firm to firm). It's also something you may be able to negotiate - I don't think everyone at my firm has the same deal.
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Re: Associate status after clerking?
In my district, in a major city, most firms will negotiate the seniority point - both salary and level of work expected. Most clerks try to get the salary of their class year but more time to qualify for partner. Obviously whether you'll get this concession depends a lot on how badly the firm wants to hire you.