Skadden Forum

[Anonymous User]

How difficult is it to get Skadden NYC out of Cornell?

[koalatriste]

with social skills like these, the sky is the limit.

[Lacepiece23]

with social skills like these, the sky is the limit.

From what I remember top 25% for non-urms and good interviewers. Skadden wasn't a very popular choice when I was there for whatever reason.

[HillandHollow]

How difficult is it to get Skadden NYC out of Cornell?

https://www.skadden.com/professionals?L ... w_all=true

You can search their site for Cornell alums in NYC. Might consider reaching out to some?

[Anonymous User]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

[LaLiLuLeLo]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Maybe OP just wants to see a whole new world of work.

[Anonymous User]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Maybe OP just wants to see a whole new world of work.

Maybe OP wants #1. In a ranking of the worst firms to work for, Skadden, Cravath, and S&C are #1, 2, and 3. Left off Wachtell because it pays.

[runinthefront]

How difficult is it to get Skadden NYC out of Cornell?

If you're an 0L, this is a bad question to ask. If you're a 1L, you'd be better off asking a 2L or 3L, but career services will send you information regarding firms and grade trends in a few weeks anyway, so this question is really premature.

[deepseapartners]

OP if you are a 1L, you'll get more AJF information soon, but generally I'd agree that top 25% + outgoing personality is at least enough for a callback.

[Anonymous User]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Really interested in M&A every lawyer I've spoken to has advised me that Skadden is the best place for it. I understand that Skadden is rough, but is it really that much worse than other top firms?

[dabigchina]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Really interested in M&A every lawyer I've spoken to has advised me that Skadden is the best place for it. I understand that Skadden is rough, but is it really that much worse than other top firms?

All the NYC V10s are sweatshops. Skadden tends to be on the broier end of the spectrum (is what I've always heard).

[RaceJudicata]

For fashion focused big law strivers, Skadden is THE place to be.

[Wild Card]

Is this you?

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 0#p9813070

[dabigchina]

Is this you?

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 0#p9813070

the plot thickens.

[Anonymous User]

For whatever reason Skadden and Cornell just dont love each other. They dont give many callbacks or offers, and Cornell kids just dont accept their offers. IMHO, with top 25% grades and good interviewing, you have a better shot at Cravath/Davis Polk than Skadden.

[nealric]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Really interested in M&A every lawyer I've spoken to has advised me that Skadden is the best place for it. I understand that Skadden is rough, but is it really that much worse than other top firms?

Yeah, if you want to do public company mergers, Skadden is where you can do a lot of them. But think about why. Skadden can do F500 mergers because they can throw dozens of bodies at them. They have legions of eager first years who are willing and able to do signature pages and put binders together at 3AM. My old firm used to sometimes lose out on work to them because we had 5 lawyers available to staff a deal and Skadden had 25 ready to go. I'm sure the big public company M&A practice gets more interesting by the time you are a partner, but your chances are slim of ever getting there. Even then, it's the executives and bankers who call the shots. Which leads to exit options- I've not seen much evidence that putting yourself through the wringer by going there is going to lead to much better options than more focused practices. I would think you would be better off doing PE work in a highly regarded firm that isn't quite so large, where you can do substantive work for clients who know who you are.

As for whether Skadden is worse than its peer firms, that's obviously a matter of opinion. Any large NYC M&A practice is going to be a sweat shop to one degree or another.

[2014]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Maybe OP just wants to see a whole new world of work.

Maybe OP wants #1. In a ranking of the worst firms to work for, Skadden, Cravath, and S&C are #1, 2, and 3. Left off Wachtell because it pays.

This information is TERRIBLY SENSITIVE, thank GOD you posted anon

[Toubro]

For whatever reason Skadden and Cornell just dont love each other. They dont give many callbacks or offers, and Cornell kids just dont accept their offers. IMHO, with top 25% grades and good interviewing, you have a better shot at Cravath/Davis Polk than Skadden.

From my year, everyone who received a Skadden C/B also received an offer. But only about 10% accepted.

[daedalus2309]

I have literally never heard anything good about Aladdin NYC. Why are you targeting them specifically

Really interested in M&A every lawyer I've spoken to has advised me that Skadden is the best place for it. I understand that Skadden is rough, but is it really that much worse than other top firms?

Yeah, if you want to do public company mergers, Skadden is where you can do a lot of them. But think about why. Skadden can do F500 mergers because they can throw dozens of bodies at them. They have legions of eager first years who are willing and able to do signature pages and put binders together at 3AM. My old firm used to sometimes lose out on work to them because we had 5 lawyers available to staff a deal and Skadden had 25 ready to go. I'm sure the big public company M&A practice gets more interesting by the time you are a partner, but your chances are slim of ever getting there. Even then, it's the executives and bankers who call the shots. Which leads to exit options- I've not seen much evidence that putting yourself through the wringer by going there is going to lead to much better options than more focused practices. I would think you would be better off doing PE work in a highly regarded firm that isn't quite so large, where you can do substantive work for clients who know who you are.

As for whether Skadden is worse than its peer firms, that's obviously a matter of opinion. Any large NYC M&A practice is going to be a sweat shop to one degree or another.

Thank you for being a consistently solid contributor.