Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Aren't "first years" at Williams and Connelly really second or third years because they all come from clerking, but the firm calls them "first years," even though most other firms would bring them in on their class year?
No, you're thinking of Susman
W&C always has at least one "true" first year each year who doesn't ever clerk. And they often have a few more who work at the firm for a year before their first clerkship. So there are currently "first years" from the class of 2017 making 200k, "second years" from the class of 2016 making 230k, etc.
There are at least 4, maybe 5, true "first-year" associates that came to the firm straight through this year alone (albeit that's a higher # than usual). c/o 2017 associates coming off of clerkships are paid as "first years" until Jan. 2019, when they then become true second years (just like most firms around the country).
Also, once again, the salary scale posted on Vault is
not the current salary scale right now. I don't know the numbers off-hand, but the raises were post-180k and pre-190k , and across the board, bringing salaries to at or above-market (even when bonuses are factored in) up until like the 5th year
I assume they'll be another raise, but the raise was just like 7-8 months ago so who knows