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Nobody is going to care about the prestige of paralegaling because there is none.'14grad wrote: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?
Desert Fox wrote:Nobody is going to care about the prestige of paralegaling because there is none.'14grad wrote: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?
Pick Skadden because chicago is better and you'll be able to afford a good lifestyle.
New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
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.Desert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
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.Desert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
Chicago buses are pretty good.badaboom61 wrote: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.Desert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
But yeah, just choose the city you'd rather live in more.
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.rayiner wrote: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.Desert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
They get styled on by Jenner Bros at the loop bars.DELG wrote:Ah yes, Skadden's pissant Chicago satellite office.
She was making fun of you for thinking that Skadden's Chicago office may be lacking in prestige, numbnutz.'14grad wrote:@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.
Wut, Manhattan is clean as shit broDesert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
'14grad wrote: @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'm seriously struggling to understand how someone who is supposedly intelligent (unless by T3 they did mean TTT) failed to pick up on that...Hipster but Athletic wrote:She was making fun of you for thinking that Skadden's Chicago office may be lacking in prestige, numbnutz.'14grad wrote:@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.
'14grad wrote:@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).
Guy who defines clean as having garbage bags on teh sidewalksDanger Zone wrote:Wut, Manhattan is clean as shit broDesert Fox wrote:New York literally has garbage on teh sidewalks. Chicago is cleaner, cheaper, and overall better.jbagelboy wrote: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.
A bit cheaper? A lot cheaper. Assuming you make 60k that's pretty awesome for chicago.'14grad wrote:@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.