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Firms with free market systems
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Kirkland & Ellis
Fenwick & West
Fenwick & West
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Re: Firms with free market systems
Gibson, Cahill, Kirkland off the top of my head.
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What about Sidley? Do they?
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Cooley has "hybrid" free market (?, source: http://www.chambers-associate.com/true-picture/3562/1). Can anyone confirm?
Latham has an unassigned system
Latham has an unassigned system
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To above anon, unassigned systems have nothing to do with free market that's being discussed here. Associates at many firms are unassigned for their first two years.
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Pretty much this. Accordingly the assignments that get doled out via the staffing system at firms that have one tend to suck more (it's whatever's left over that the partners/senior associates couldn't staff by asking people directly).Desert Fox wrote:Every firm eventually becomes free market after a year or two. It's always your job to manage you hours and your professional development.
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Agree. You are equally likely to be "adopted" by a group of associates/partners you DON'T like in a free market system as being assigned to a similar [bad] group at a non-free market system firm. The free market system really just means you have to hustle until you fall in with a group of folks that do the type of deals/cases you like to do. Also, when times are tough, you do whatever it takes to bill...doesn't matter if you like that kind of work.Desert Fox wrote:Every firm eventually becomes free market after a year or two. It's always your job to manage you hours and your professional development.