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I have multiple offers, does anyone have any experience splitting your summer? Obviously the end goal is an offer so I don't want to disadvantage myself by spending less time in the firm but would be interested in working for two. Any advice?

No, no one has ever split, or discussed it on TLS.

Do the basics of either offer even make it feasible?

It is exceptionally rare that any firm of any merit will let a non-returning (former 1L SA) student do a second half summer these days.

kneedrag wrote:No, no one has ever split, or discussed it on TLS.

Do the basics of either offer even make it feasible?

It is exceptionally rare that any firm of any merit will let a non-returning (former 1L SA) student do a second half summer these days.

This is the right answer. The only thing that might be added is that Texas firms play by their own rules. People still split there relatively often.

The above isn't entirely true. Non 1Ls split in several southern markets. Whether you split should turn entirely on the firms' offer rates. If they offer 100% or close to it, don't worry about it. Go for it. If they're low, definitely do it if they allow

After you look into offer rates, talk to recruiting to see if they allow split summers

Big firms are often down with a split if you do a full summer with them and the split is in a different city. Those two things rule out most splits between two vault firms, but if you have one major market big firm it's possible to pair it with a smaller market or boutique firm that doesn't run a mega summer program and is more willing to do weird start/end dates.

There are certain boutiques that somewhat encourage people to split and are fine with second half splits. Susman and Ivins are the two that I know but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more. Not that those firms are of interest/available to 99% of TLS, but I thought it was worth mentioning.