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UVA2B wrote: ↑

Thu May 16, 2019 3:35 pm

Good to see you, Smokey.

'been preoccupied putting out some fires in this great state of California.

How do you handle being assigned a lot of work from different attorneys during your 1L SA? I have a friend who said he worked 10.5 hours by her second day. For anyone who's had both a 1L and 2L summer in biglaw, are there any differences between the 2/how the SA is treated/work load? This will be s...

how hard is to lateral from SF/PA to LA doing EC/VC work? thanks! Shouldnt be hard so long as you have a couple to a few years of experience, are currently doing EC/VC work now, and you're at one of the good firms. I know Gunderson, Latham, WSGR, Goodwin, and Kirkland are all currently looking for ...

anonymous- wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:48 pm

riot wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:33 pm

What market are you in now and are you lit or transactional?

Should I say which market? I don't know if employers are reading LSL like they did TLS.

In any case, I am in transactional.

Did employers actually read TLS?

This thread feels like an unhealthy dick swinging contest. Yeah. I think there is some utility in this--if you are fucking slammed knowing that other people out there are also getting double fisted. But there is so much hours lumpiness intra-group/intra-firm that doing intra-market or intra-discipl...

Hey Smokey (and anyone else who sees this and can advise), I am a 1L at a CCN looking into trying to snag a 1L SA. Top choice is LA (which is also where I wish to end up after law school). Any advice in terms of which firms to target, whether I need to send things out at 00:01am on Dec 1st, etc? Th...

No matter where you are, your hours are going to be unpredictable--that's just the nature of biglaw and corporate especially. Aside form that, it reads like your firm or office has bad culture. Certain corporate departments can be like this, but it's not the norm or should be expected. You should be...

This actually sounds great.....WAY different than what others have said about K&E (including the LA office), but the facetime requirement (or lack thereof) is actually quite surprising. I'm looking into corporate as my main interest, and if you would be willing to talk to me separately via PM (sinc...

This actually sounds great.....WAY different than what others have said about K&E (including the LA office), but the facetime requirement (or lack thereof) is actually quite surprising. I'm looking into corporate as my main interest, and if you would be willing to talk to me separately via PM (sinc...

How would you rank the QoL and work (in terms of interest) from the following firms (LA/CC corporate)? Latham, Skadden, Milbank, Kirkland, OMM, S&C, GDC Not sure what you mean by "work (in terms of interest)" From what I know: Latham: I have heard that facetime is generally pretty low. There are th...

Heard rumblings of OMM financial struggles and this on top of those rumblings doesn't project the greatest image. Any real concern in going there? I've been hearing about financial issues at OMM for several years now, first from senior associates who had laterealled from there to my old firm. Not s...

Yeah it happens a decent amount. How have you seen it happen? Need advice. Thanks! Probably by (1) having excellent academics and (2) coming from a top pier firm or a top firm to a *lesser* firm. This is correct. This has basically been the experience of the several people I know who did it. Most o...

Also, just wanted to flag that the word 'unique' shouldn't/can't be modified. Hi Smokey, Normally I refrain from snark, but this seems like an ample opportunity to use some. Your claim is true for the first definition of unique, meaning "being the only one of its kind." But I was using unique in it...

This type of class action is literally a public service. Let’s be careful here with the use of the word “literally.” You are not literally doing a public service. If you were literally doing a public service, you wouldn’t be taking 40% of what the the slice of the public you’re helping was awarded,...

Also, just wanted to flag that the word 'unique' shouldn't/can't be modified.

I dont think that prestige is really a concern on the plaintiff side of the bar.

Guest wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:23 pm

this whole process seems unpredictable.

this is it. don't try and rhyme or reason it too much. unless you are fucking awful at interviewing, it's just a crapshoot.

"Hiring Partner" my ass . . . It's not going to preclude you from lateraling up. Many of the moving parts of a million dollar deal are the same as a billion dollar deal, there's just more parts (e.g. you're more likely to be dealing with public companies in the larger deals, which have more formalit...

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Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:48 pm

SmokeytheBear wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:08 am

Tag me if you want any assistance

do cbs go out in waves or should we assume, now that it's been a week, we aren't going to get a cb from firms that haven't notified us?

No news is good news.

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Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:02 pm

SmokeytheBear wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:08 am

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Should we be sending thank you emails after callbacks?

There was a vigorous debate about this on the old board with equally good points on each side. I used to be of the opinion they should be sent, but now I think don’t send them.

If you’re happy at your firm, stay there. There are too many unknowns when lateraling and, despite making more money, the people could suck and the work could blow. True endowment effect.

Only take the non profit job if you would have regardless.

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Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:20 am

SmokeytheBear wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:08 am

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Probably a question you’ve answered a million times but if a firm gives person A, B, and C callbacks, and you didn’t get one that same time, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re out of the running right? No news is possibly still ok news?

No news is good news.

Tag me if you want any assistance

I have no idea whether this is true or not, but Pro tip: if you’re a person of color looking to climb the biglaw ladder, know that biglaw isn’t for you. It’s dominated and controlled by a certain group of people. They’ll help you and promote you to the extent it will help them signal virtue, but no...

I have no idea whether this is true or not, but Pro tip: if you’re a person of color looking to climb the biglaw ladder, know that biglaw isn’t for you. It’s dominated and controlled by a certain group of people. They’ll help you and promote you to the extent it will help them signal virtue, but no...