Lower T-14 3.48 Bid List Critique Forum

[Anonymous User]

I'm trying to get a gauge of where I should be aiming to get the best chances to land a gig in transactional work. Any insight would be appreciated! All offices are NYC.

Day 1:
1. MoFo
2. White & Case
3. Paul Hastings
4. Cahill
5. Morgan, Lewis
6. DLA Piper
7. Winston & Strawn
8. Clifford Chance
9. Akin Gump
10. Allen & Overy
11. Kirkland & Ellis
12. WilmerHale
13. Wilson Sonsini
14. Milbank
15. Pilsbury Withrop Shaw
16. Reed Smith
18. McGuireWoods
19. Sullivan & Cromwell

Day 2:
1. Cleary
2. Perkins Goie
3. Weil
4. Debevoise
5. Proskauer
6. Jones Day
7. Cadwalader
8. Mayer Brown
9. Covington
10. Davils Polk
11. Linklaters
12. Cravath
13. Gibson
14. Dechert
15. Fenwick & West
16. Herbert Smith

Day 3:
1. Cooley
2. Sidley Austin
3. Simpson Thacher
4. Strook
5. Skadden
6. Ropes & Gray
7. Goodwin
8. Latham
9. Blank Rome
10. Quinn
11. Shearman
12. Crowell
13. Baker Botts

Day 4:
1. Willkie
2. Baker & McKenzie
3. Gunderson Dettmer
4. Alston & Bird
5. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter
6. Reed Smith (Princeton)

[Anonymous User]

Seems reasonable, perhaps a tad conservative if you have decent prior work experience. Have you thought about having a fifth column of firms you'd apply to pre-OCI?

[Anonymous User]

Seems reasonable, perhaps a tad conservative if you have decent prior work experience. Have you thought about having a fifth column of firms you'd apply to pre-OCI?

I'm a KJD so I went a little more conservative. For pre-OCI, I've only gotten a screener from Cleary.

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP - you mentioned getting a screener from Cleary. Did you apply to their early interview program?

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP - you mentioned getting a screener from Cleary. Did you apply to their early interview program?

Yeah