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Which Chicago firm??

Jones Day
7
44%
Ropes & Gray
9
56%
McDermott Will & Emery
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 16

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POLL: Which Chicago firm?

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:43 pm

I'm interested in litigation and liked all three firms. I'm not super concerned about JD's blackbox compensation. The main two things that are important to me is a friendly culture where the people actually like each other and exit options after 3-5 years (goal is federal govt.) I'd love to hear your thoughts on any of these firms.

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Re: POLL: Which Chicago firm?

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:01 pm

Since you're interested in lit, something you should keep in mind is JD and McDermott have a lot more practice areas you can go into. Since you're coming out of 1L year, you want to keep your options open.

That being said, working for a big firm's smaller office would be really nice, so don't count out Ropes.

I'd set up some second look interviews to get a better feel for the culture.

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