Kirkland DC Clerkship Forum

[Anonymous User]

Hello, I currently work in litigation at Kirkland in the DC branch. I am looking for people’s opinions on whether or not it would be possible to even be considered for equity partner if I choose to not do even a year of a clerkship. Also, please be considerate with your feedback I’m not looking for negative commentary and to be told it’s impossible. I love my job, plan to make it my career until retirement, and it never hurts to try and achieve a goal.

[Anonymous User]

Hello, I currently work in litigation at Kirkland in the DC branch. I am looking for people’s opinions on whether or not it would be possible to even be considered for equity partner if I choose to not do even a year of a clerkship. Also, please be considerate with your feedback I’m not looking for negative commentary and to be told it’s impossible. I love my job, plan to make it my career until retirement, and it never hurts to try and achieve a goal.

Not having a clerkship is not what will prevent getting SP in Kirkland DC litigation. To get shares you need to work your ass off for heavyweight SPs there for a long amount of time, have those person(s) like you a lot, have those person(s) go to bat for you, and hope the economy/firm economics can support it. That's pretty much it.

[The Lsat Airbender]

Hello, I currently work in litigation at Kirkland in the DC branch. I am looking for people’s opinions on whether or not it would be possible to even be considered for equity partner if I choose to not do even a year of a clerkship. Also, please be considerate with your feedback I’m not looking for negative commentary and to be told it’s impossible. I love my job, plan to make it my career until retirement, and it never hurts to try and achieve a goal.

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[Anonymous User]

Hello, I currently work in litigation at Kirkland in the DC branch. I am looking for people’s opinions on whether or not it would be possible to even be considered for equity partner if I choose to not do even a year of a clerkship. Also, please be considerate with your feedback I’m not looking for negative commentary and to be told it’s impossible. I love my job, plan to make it my career until retirement, and it never hurts to try and achieve a goal.

Not having a clerkship is not what will prevent getting SP in Kirkland DC litigation. To get shares you need to work your ass off for heavyweight SPs there for a long amount of time, have those person(s) like you a lot, have those person(s) go to bat for you, and hope the economy/firm economics can support it. That's pretty much it.

Also, isn't the best way to check to go on the directory, filter by "Partner", and check how many people clerked, and where? Presumably OP works at Kirkland DC, so they know who's NSP/SP and who among the NSPs have a realistic shot at SP. If they're this worried about their SP prospects, the 20 minutes it would take to do that seems like the most objective way to check.

It's not ripe anyways. SPs graduated from law school 9+ years ago. The market's changed since then and the market will change before OP, who I'm assuming is a junior or 3L, is up for shares if they make it that far in the grind.