Another law firm poll Forum

(On Campus Interviews, Summer Associate positions, Firm Reviews, Tips, ...)
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.
Post Reply Post Anonymous Reply  

Which one should I take for corporate work?

Davis Polk - SV
3
11%
Kirkland - SV / SF
3
11%
Skadden - SV
6
22%
Cooley - San Diego or SV
10
37%
Benefits boutique - small 50 person firm
2
7%
Gunderson - SV
3
11%
 
Total votes: 27
Anonymous User
Posts: 431977
Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am

Another law firm poll

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:46 pm

Hi guys. I've gotten really lucky and am having trouble making a final decision. I know I want to do corporate work (securities, M&A), although I'm also interested in benefits work (exec comp, erisa, etc). I'm not concerned about prestige, but I am looking for a place that offers some sort of work-life balance (no facetime requirements, as little weekend work as possible, etc) and decent exit options. Overall, I liked the people at every firm, although the Cooley people were particularly fun. Does anyone know what their San Diego office bills? Any thoughts?
Top
Anonymous User
Posts: 431977
Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am

Re: Another law firm poll

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:56 pm

Another option came in this week - Hewlett-Packard. Any thoughts?
Top
Anonymous User
Posts: 431977
Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am

Re: Another law firm poll

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:20 pm

I'm not looking for Corporate but I am looking at the Bay Area and based on my experiences Cooley seems to be the best choice, both in prestige, but also in work and actual associate happiness, etc.
I don't get it though, did you do callbacks with both offices? Also for Kirkland, did you do separate callbacks with SV/SF?
Anyway, Cooley SV would be my vote.
Top
Post Reply Post Anonymous Reply  

Return to “Legal Employment”