There are a legit number of top Boston biglaw firms (Sidley, Morgan Lewis, H&K included...and that’s just off the top of my head) that take students from the absolute bottom of the law school barrel that Massachusetts has to offer. Frankly, I’ve never understood this; why not just go a tad deeper into Bc or bu’s Class. From my perspective, the risk would be way too high that Client X knows that the local TTTT takes people who can barely think (thinking being defined, here, as Lsat percentile and/or college gpa), and picks the firm down the road instead...but what do I know?MaxMcMann wrote:What other BigLaw firms take Touro students?*Anonymous User wrote:Yeah, I’ve spent 5+ years in biglaw and people generally see Kasowitz as kind of a joke. Beyond me why somebody would want to go work there. No associate or law student in their right mind would choose Kasowitz over DPW, STB, etc.Anonymous User wrote:No one at a white shoe v20 gives two shits if Kasowitz pays $5k above marketAnonymous User wrote:Not to mention Kasowitz now pays more in guaranteed comp than the vast majority of these firms. One-time bonuses mean little at the lower levels where Kasowitz's higher base evens it out in total comp (and ultimately will exceed over time) I guess young associates are happy with a pat on the head from their "superior" firms. We'll see if 2Ls and 3Ls are as well.Anonymous User wrote:Man it's quiet. Is that a wrap on raises? I can't believe 30+ firms in the top 200 haven't moved yet. Even if it's not a full match, make some sort of move. These guys are going to get left in the dust come OCI.
*true in at least one case
This is a long way of making my point that I don’t think that taking people from garbage schools, on its own, invalidates the legitimacy of a given law firm or makes it a joke.