American Lawyer Summer Associate Surverys Forum

[laws555]

Is anyone putting a lot of stock into these?
For example, Paul Hastings NY was one of the best, but people on ATL were obviously not thrilled with their experience and they no offered many of them. How should we interpret these?

[nealric]

I wouldn't take much stock in them. Notice that firms were ranked from 1-5 and no firm had an average below 4. Plus, one or two malcontents can skew the whole picture- especially in firms with smaller classes.

FWIW I went to a firm that was ranked in the bottom 20 last year in these surveys. I ended up having a great summer experience.

[Posner]

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[NewHere]

Agreed, the differences are too small. It may mean something if a firm consistently scores in the lowest 10%, but other than that, I wouldn't put much stock into the list.