Guaranteed return offers this year? Forum

[popcorn123]

Any thoughts on whether firms will follow last year's precedent to guarantee full-time offers this summer? Particularly interested in V10s.

[cavalier1138]

Wasn't that practice limited to firms that canceled their summer programs? I can't remember if firms that went ahead with the full program actually guaranteed offers in advance.

[cls2019eip]

No, many firms that didn't cancel also guaranteed offers. You can see what firms did here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LawSchool/comm ... m_changes/

[ingoodkompany]

I'd say given there's significantly less uncertainty in the world as summer 2021 approaches I think the normal method of extending offers at the end of summer will likely resume. I feel like last summer's guaranteed offers were mostly to help summers rest a bit easier as there was so much speculation regarding programs being cut/salaries being adjusted and no firm wanted to signal that they were going to handle this in a 2009 Latham-esque manner.

[HIREMEPLZ]

Yeah my firm had a full (remote) summer and did NOT guarantee offers at the start, but DID end up giving 100% return offers at the end (at least in our office). So a lack of guarantee up front doesn’t necessarily mean you wouldn’t all get it, it seems like they wanted to just evaluate people through the program like normal.