S&C or Paul Weiss Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 432501
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
S&C or Paul Weiss
I want to do white collar and/or antitrust—any advice? I liked the people I met at both. S&C seems to have a bad rep though, does that extend to their white collar group?
-
Hutz_and_Goodman
- Posts: 1651
- Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:42 am
Re: S&C or Paul Weiss
I haven’t worked at either but from what I’ve heard would choose PW.
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 432501
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: S&C or Paul Weiss
Why?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:21 pmI haven’t worked at either but from what I’ve heard would choose PW.
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 432501
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: S&C or Paul Weiss
PW associate with friends at both shops. No "wrong" choice considering your practice group preferences. Go where you like the people. Consider doing a second look where you meet more people at both firms. I believe that both white collar teams have recently poached associates from each other; I would speak to them about it.
Re: reputations, S&C is allegedly on the lower-end of considerate relative to BL peers and maybe a smidge ruder to associates. But the reality is that 1.) nobody (including PW) is going to be super considerate - that's why you're getting paid $200k with no skills and 2.) aggregate reputations aren't nearly as relevant to your experience as are the actual partners and senior associates you work with.
The reality is that 1.) you likely will not feel 100% about your choice, 2.) this is normal because there's not much that differentiates the firms as far as your interests go, and 3.) you won't really think about your decision at all once you choose.
Re: reputations, S&C is allegedly on the lower-end of considerate relative to BL peers and maybe a smidge ruder to associates. But the reality is that 1.) nobody (including PW) is going to be super considerate - that's why you're getting paid $200k with no skills and 2.) aggregate reputations aren't nearly as relevant to your experience as are the actual partners and senior associates you work with.
The reality is that 1.) you likely will not feel 100% about your choice, 2.) this is normal because there's not much that differentiates the firms as far as your interests go, and 3.) you won't really think about your decision at all once you choose.
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login
