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Weil (NYC) or Skadden (Chicago)

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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by '14grad » Tue May 20, 2014 10:33 pm

Anyone who's willing to shit on a firm/school should probably have attended/be attending/be working for one that's better. That's all I'm saying.

T3 = TTT (Stanford/Yale/Harvard). Sorry, I'm new to this site.

RE: Anyone who considers me a "prestige whore" If all I was worried about was prestige, I wouldn't go to work as a paralegal when I've alread y been accepted to T3/TTT. I'm hoping to gain some experience working in a firm before I decide which school I want to go to (or if I even want to go to law school at all). I was accepted to a couple business schools and am currently in the midst of deciding what I want to do. All I was looking for was some constructive feedback (which is what I assume this site was designed to provide). Not to provide a pedestal for some troll to shit on firms that many of us would be happy to work for (myself included). If the intent of your comment was to point out that Skadden-Chicago isn't any less prestigious than Skadden-NY then my bad and I'm totally in the wrong. I'm not here to make you feel better about the fact that you didn't get into a TTT/T3/T14 or whatever. I'm just asking an honest question and am looking for some honest answers. Lighten up.

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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by TooOld4This » Tue May 20, 2014 10:41 pm

'14grad wrote:Anyone who's willing to shit on a firm/school should probably have attended/be attending/be working for one that's better. That's all I'm saying.

T3 = TTT (Stanford/Yale/Harvard). Sorry, I'm new to this site.

RE: Anyone who considers me a "prestige whore" If all I was worried about was prestige, I wouldn't go to work as a paralegal when I've alread y been accepted to T3/TTT. I'm hoping to gain some experience working in a firm before I decide which school I want to go to (or if I even want to go to law school at all). I was accepted to a couple business schools and am currently in the midst of deciding what I want to do. All I was looking for was some constructive feedback (which is what I assume this site was designed to provide). Not to provide a pedestal for some troll to shit on firms that many of us would be happy to work for (myself included). If the intent of your comment was to point out that Skadden-Chicago isn't any less prestigious than Skadden-NY then my bad and I'm totally in the wrong. I'm not here to make you feel better about the fact that you didn't get into a TTT/T3/T14 or whatever. I'm just asking an honest question and am looking for some honest answers. Lighten up.
Yeah, that advice about thinking before you post would be good for you to follow. It will be very easy to figure out who you are and plenty of people who work at these firms lurk here. Your OP basically asked which is more prestigious, which is ridiculous on many levels. You follow it up with dropping that you are going to HYS. And then the zinger above. Plenty of grist for the rumor mill already to be "that" paralegal.

And yes, you are totally in the wrong.
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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by 09042014 » Tue May 20, 2014 10:42 pm

'14grad wrote:Anyone who's willing to shit on a firm/school should probably have attended/be attending/be working for one that's better. That's all I'm saying.

T3 = TTT (Stanford/Yale/Harvard). Sorry, I'm new to this site.

RE: Anyone who considers me a "prestige whore" If all I was worried about was prestige, I wouldn't go to work as a paralegal when I've alread y been accepted to T3/TTT. I'm hoping to gain some experience working in a firm before I decide which school I want to go to (or if I even want to go to law school at all). I was accepted to a couple business schools and am currently in the midst of deciding what I want to do. All I was looking for was some constructive feedback (which is what I assume this site was designed to provide). Not to provide a pedestal for some troll to shit on firms that many of us would be happy to work for (myself included). If the intent of your comment was to point out that Skadden-Chicago isn't any less prestigious than Skadden-NY then my bad and I'm totally in the wrong. I'm not here to make you feel better about the fact that you didn't get into a TTT/T3/T14 or whatever. I'm just asking an honest question and am looking for some honest answers. Lighten up.
lol bro.

You are poisoning the well at two V10s.

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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by jbagelboy » Tue May 20, 2014 11:05 pm

I think this is actually an epic relatively well conceived troll. I love the consistent subliminal "TTT" comments directed at HYS. No one is actually clueless enough to confuse that in writing it, but a reader could miss the ambiguity; it's actually a nice effort, props to the OP.

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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by Valley of the Deer » Tue May 20, 2014 11:10 pm

'14grad wrote: my bad and I'm totally in the wrong.

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Re: Any Thoughts: Paralegal --> Skadden-Chicago or Weil-New York

Post by First Offense » Tue May 20, 2014 11:35 pm

Also, you know his "T3" law school is H, since it's just a fucking diploma mill. Not preftigious enough for YS.

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