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

['14grad]

Not sure about what I want to do yet (litigation or corp). For now, I'm more interested in getting a feel for what it's like to work in law before I drop a bunch of money to go to law school. Both of these names are relatively well known, although I'm not sure if Skadden's being a satellite office is likely to reflect poorly vis-a-vis Weil. Any thoughts?

[09042014]

Not sure about what I want to do yet (litigation or corp). For now, I'm more interested in getting a feel for what it's like to work in law before I drop a bunch of money to go to law school. Both of these names are relatively well known, although I'm not sure if Skadden's being a satellite office is likely to reflect poorly vis-a-vis Weil. Any thoughts?

Nobody is going to care about the prestige of paralegaling because there is none.

Pick Skadden because chicago is better and you'll be able to afford a good lifestyle.

[rayiner]

Not sure about what I want to do yet (litigation or corp). For now, I'm more interested in getting a feel for what it's like to work in law before I drop a bunch of money to go to law school. Both of these names are relatively well known, although I'm not sure if Skadden's being a satellite office is likely to reflect poorly vis-a-vis Weil. Any thoughts?

Nobody is going to care about the prestige of paralegaling because there is none.

Pick Skadden because chicago is better and you'll be able to afford a good lifestyle.

[jbagelboy]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

[09042014]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

[rayiner]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Give it one more month before the garbage really starts to smell and he remembers the reasons why NYC is terrible. I'm not saying it smells as bad as places in Bangladesh I've been too, but it doesn't smell better by enough of a margin.

[badaboom61]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Chicago is cleaner and cheaper. It's also colder and its public transportation is garbage if you don't live and work along an L train and don't intend to ever go anywhere not along that train.

But yeah, just choose the city you'd rather live in more.

[09042014]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Chicago is cleaner and cheaper. It's also colder and its public transportation is garbage if you don't live and work along an L train and don't intend to ever go anywhere not along that train.

But yeah, just choose the city you'd rather live in more.

Chicago buses are pretty good.

But either way paralegals in chicago can afford cars.

[jbagelboy]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Give it one more month before the garbage really starts to smell and he remembers the reasons why NYC is terrible. I'm not saying it smells as bad as places in Bangladesh I've been too, but it doesn't smell better by enough of a margin.

There's a coterie of around 8-12 homeless men that sleep on the vents for warmth across the street from my apartment. They've constructed a wall of garbage bags surrounding their little camp. It produces some very interest smells. By and large, those guys are just happy they're not in Chicago though.

Funnily enough, I'm LA/OC bound on Sunday, so I'll miss the final month of garbage induced-loathing, and I'll return in August with a blank slate. Besides, this winter already turned me against the city more than any scent or pollutant ever could. It's all pretty moot, since CA >>>>>>>> NY >> Chi (>>>DC).

[DELG]

Ah yes, Skadden's pissant Chicago satellite office.

[09042014]

Ah yes, Skadden's pissant Chicago satellite office.

They get styled on by Jenner Bros at the loop bars.

[09042014]

How much do each pay?

['14grad]

@DesertFox: Roughly Equal Pay, although cost of living in Chicago seems to be a bit cheaper.
@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

Thanks again for your feedback.

[Hipster but Athletic]

@DesertFox: Roughly Equal Pay, although cost of living in Chicago seems to be a bit cheaper.
@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

Thanks again for your feedback.

She was making fun of you for thinking that Skadden's Chicago office may be lacking in prestige, numbnutz.

[Danger Zone]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Wut, Manhattan is clean as shit bro

[Valley of the Deer]

@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

Please explain to me the relevance of DELG's law school. Are you seriously this much of a prestige-whore?

ETA: I really hope T3 means TTT

[Mullens]

The firms are letting you work for only one year? Or did one of HYS somehow let you defer for two years just to work as a paralegal?

[njdevils2626]

@DesertFox: Roughly Equal Pay, although cost of living in Chicago seems to be a bit cheaper.
@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

Thanks again for your feedback.

She was making fun of you for thinking that Skadden's Chicago office may be lacking in prestige, numbnutz.

I'm seriously struggling to understand how someone who is supposedly intelligent (unless by T3 they did mean TTT) failed to pick up on that...

[NYSprague]

I will vote for Weil. I love the NYC office right across from the park.
But just go where you want to live.

[First Offense]

@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

I love that you're somehow associating prestige of firm/school with anything substantive.

[DELG]

I love where this thread went

Harvard really is just admitting whoever these days, huh

[NYSprague]

Word of advice to OP. People on this forum work at each of these firms. Be careful how you present yourself. You will be very easy to out, just from what you have posted. And, tbh, your posts aren't showing you in the most favorable light. Just be aware.

[09042014]

Lol @ the Chicago homers.

The satellite office thing doesn't matter. Are your parents rich/supporting you? If so, I'd take Weil because as a young college grad, there's no reason to subject yourself to Chicago (ick) if you can avoid it and go to New York. If you're trying to pay off UG loans or something and you like the midwest then Skadden is smarter. This really has nothing to do with the firms and much more to do with your lifestyle preference and budget.

New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.

Wut, Manhattan is clean as shit bro

Guy who defines clean as having garbage bags on teh sidewalks

[09042014]

@DesertFox: Roughly Equal Pay, although cost of living in Chicago seems to be a bit cheaper.
@DELG: Could you tell me what law school you went to / what firm you currently work for? Maybe that would provide some context to your douchebag comment. BTW, I've been accepted to a T3 Law school but deferred to gain some experience before deciding which one I'll attend (or if I even want to go to law school in the first place).

Thanks again for your feedback.

A bit cheaper? A lot cheaper. Assuming you make 60k that's pretty awesome for chicago.

['14grad]

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