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I recently accepted an SA offer in NYC at an Am Law 150 firm. I am eager to secure employment at a more prestigious firm after graduation during on campus interviews next year. Does anyone know whether Quinn Emanuel NYC hires 3L's outside of the SA program?

Anonymous User wrote:I recently accepted an SA offer in NYC at an Am Law 150 firm. I am eager to secure employment at a more prestigious firm after graduation during on campus interviews next year. Does anyone know whether Quinn Emanuel NYC hires 3L's outside of the SA program?

What the hell is prestigious about Quinn NYC?

Anonymous User wrote:I recently accepted an SA offer in NYC at an Am Law 150 firm. I am eager to secure employment at a more prestigious firm after graduation during on campus interviews next year. Does anyone know whether Quinn Emanuel NYC hires 3L's outside of the SA program?

Quinn associate here; the NYC office has considered (and made offers to) 3Ls with "offers in hand" from their summer firms the past several years, so you do have a shot (not a great one though, they take ~20 SAs compared to 1-2 3Ls).

Thanks. What is Quinn looking for in those 1-2 3L's?

Anonymous User wrote:Thanks. What is Quinn looking for in those 1-2 3L's?

(Associate from above)

So far as I can tell, they're looking for the same qualifications as the first time around (top grades, law review/moot court, interest in lit, etc) plus some reason "Why Quinn?" when you have an offer from elsewhere.

So, to give an example, one successful candidate was an SA at a highly regarded firm that is better known for Corp, then applied to Quinn explaining "I thought I wanted Corp, but during my SA rotation with lit, I realized I really wanted lit..."

You don't necessarily have to be at a nationally regarded firm either, if you were at a boutique, or maybe a regional firm with a strong specialty, that also seems to work.