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Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:31 pm

Choosing between the two as a junior associate. Give me the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Re: Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Feb 11, 2023 12:55 am

King and Spalding has no support staff so if you go here, I hope you enjoy making binders.

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Re: Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:26 pm

Shearman has been having a lot of problems lately. K&S is not perfect but it's a solid firm that you can be confident will still exist and be a V50 in 5-10 years.

One thing I'd point out is that K&S has two litigation groups, gov and trial.

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Re: Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by charles117 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 6:33 pm

I'd go with K&S here

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Re: Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:07 am

Would add that K&S is pushing for RTO as much as 5 days in some groups/offices. Not sure where NY trial is on that but try to find out and maybe try to get flexible WFH written into your offer.

Also the comment that you have to make your own binders is false.

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Re: Shearman & Sterling v. King & Spalding? Both NY Lit.

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:54 pm

Shearman recently had layoffs

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