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Skadden vs. Kirkland [Chicago]

Of course it's hypothetical at this point, but assuming I go...
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
I know the thing about the bonuses, but isn't Kirkland's sal...
Trip brass public bath mother
  02/02/07
yup.
apoplectic sepia jap pit
  02/02/07
Yeah I meant with the bonuses, Kirkland still pays above Chi...
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
Chicago market is CLEARLY at least 145k, if not 160.
Massive dilemma
  08/31/07
a lot has happened since Feb
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
whoa..yeah..you're right!
Massive dilemma
  08/31/07
In general I think you have more opportunities to shine when...
idiotic dog poop
  02/02/07
why is this? I also read harder to get partnership at a bra...
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
One thing to think about is bonuses. While Skadden gives the...
abnormal hairraiser selfie circlehead
  02/02/07
Does Skadden's move to 160 change your mind?
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
At this point, I think you have to at least assume that Kirk...
abnormal hairraiser selfie circlehead
  02/02/07
kirkland should be a V5, and skadden shouldn't.
chrome vigorous temple
  02/02/07
i turned down offers from both. there are better firms in c...
elite aqua faggot firefighter
  02/02/07
link?
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
on writ of certiorari to the XO SCOTUS
Balding Flatulent Principal's Office
  02/02/07
180
Jet station
  02/02/07
180
zombie-like candlestick maker
  02/02/07
180
well-lubricated drab scourge upon the earth
  02/02/07
Flawless. Sublime. 180
Slate Painfully Honest Locale Pisswyrm
  02/02/07
OP should appeal to the real SCOTXO.
shivering racy crackhouse
  02/02/07
Bravo.
Provocative pozpig
  02/02/07
ouch
180 box office factory reset button
  02/02/07
This is great.
fragrant lodge
  02/03/07
180
aggressive mildly autistic sandwich
  02/04/07
beyond amazing. this could rival the dungeonmasTTTer in term...
hideous point
  02/06/07
You leave my boss out of this.
frisky field
  02/06/07
180 bump.
puce startling step-uncle's house gunner
  08/31/07
tytyty. when will teh next XO SCOTUS session be?
Magenta beady-eyed filthpig property
  08/31/07
awesome. did this dood do any more, or was this a one-sho...
Hyperventilating sexy becky
  09/01/07
moar
Embarrassed to the bone mahogany shitlib
  06/01/08
it was funnier in 2007.
Carmine Turdskin
  06/01/08
this was MTG http://www.biglawboard.com/blb/viewThread.js...
Unhinged hateful tank faggotry
  06/07/08
you shouldn't have filed in federal XO court dude. rookie m...
Wine jet-lagged giraffe trailer park
  02/02/07
UPDATE: have callbacks at both. This case may SRSLY be ripe...
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
yfwgi
Onyx Razzle-dazzle Area
  08/31/07
or, I asked an honest Q and got pwned, then later pwned OCI
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
"UPDATE: have callbacks at both." you the man ...
frum zippy range travel guidebook
  08/31/07
So, we're to believe that a poster (who has barely posted a ...
Charismatic clear stag film death wish
  08/31/07
Chicago is a fucking hole in the wall cow town. why the fuc...
Chartreuse den
  08/31/07
Sorry, hate NYC and LA
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
"hate NYC" Translation: "couldn't last 30 ...
Chartreuse den
  08/31/07
Jesus Christ you are stupid. NYC is a MUCH easier market th...
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
sorry, I'm not a lawyer. would never dream of it. the re...
Chartreuse den
  08/31/07
Right, and NYC doesn't have Cardozo, St John's, Fordham, NYL...
Charismatic clear stag film death wish
  08/31/07
and you probably get fucking laughed at with your 30k/yr non...
Chartreuse den
  08/31/07
This post literally makes no sense. Does retardation run in...
Charismatic clear stag film death wish
  08/31/07
Then go to a firm where those people aren't allowed in - the...
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
good thing i easily make 2.5x your salary, you fucking mouth...
Chartreuse den
  08/31/07
2.5 * 0 = 0 sounds about right. Unless you meant my futu...
180 box office factory reset button
  08/31/07
more and more chicago owns nyc anyways. nyc = dirty ttt in ...
Histrionic hospital
  09/01/07
bump
Insanely creepy menage quadroon
  10/28/07


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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:26 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Of course it's hypothetical at this point, but assuming I got offers at both, where to go? Seems like both pay above market in Chicago and make you work above market hours. Thoughts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531933)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:29 PM
Author: Trip brass public bath mother

I know the thing about the bonuses, but isn't Kirkland's salary in Chicago still $135k?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531962)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:33 PM
Author: apoplectic sepia jap pit

yup.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531992)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:33 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Yeah I meant with the bonuses, Kirkland still pays above Chicago market, which is still 135 for now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531996)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:08 PM
Author: Massive dilemma

Chicago market is CLEARLY at least 145k, if not 160.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584369)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:09 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

a lot has happened since Feb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584372)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:10 PM
Author: Massive dilemma

whoa..yeah..you're right!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584376)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:29 PM
Author: idiotic dog poop

In general I think you have more opportunities to shine when you're working at the mothership than if you're at a branch office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531963)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:32 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

why is this? I also read harder to get partnership at a branch, any truth to this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7531987)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:44 PM
Author: abnormal hairraiser selfie circlehead

One thing to think about is bonuses. While Skadden gives the entire class the same bonus, Kirkland rewards those that put in more hours than their peers with a larger bonus. So if you work more, you get paid for it, which seems fair. Skadden does provide a larger base salary but then tapers their bonus to make total compensation pretty much equal to the Chicago market. As such, Kirkland really is the only Chicago firm last year that exceeded the Chicago market by a considerable amount (and did so via large bonuses).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532059)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 4:04 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Does Skadden's move to 160 change your mind?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532209)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:49 PM
Author: abnormal hairraiser selfie circlehead

At this point, I think you have to at least assume that Kirkland moves to 145k, leaving a 15k gap where there used to be a 10k gap. The charts still show a slight advantage for Kirkland but really I don't think anybody knows the impact of the recent salary raise on bonuses. The partners at Kirkland have to be a little peeved after thinking they had a winner with the large bonus only to have Simpson play the ball right back at them.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532812)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 4:06 PM
Author: chrome vigorous temple

kirkland should be a V5, and skadden shouldn't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532240)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 9:26 PM
Author: elite aqua faggot firefighter

i turned down offers from both. there are better firms in chicago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7534171)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 11:44 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7535015)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:38 PM
Author: Balding Flatulent Principal's Office
Subject: on writ of certiorari to the XO SCOTUS

XO SCOTUS delivered the opinion of the Court.

oneiota, the original poster ("OP"), asks whether he should "go" to the law firm of Skadden Arps ("Skadden") or Kirkland & Ellis ("Kirkland").

We first consider whether OP has standing to raise this question. “In essence the question of standing is whether the litigant is entitled to have the court decide the merits of the dispute or of particular issues.” Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 498 (1975). As OP does not have an offer from either firm—he in fact concedes his inquiry is "hypothetical"—OP cannot plausibly lie within the zone of interest required by our decision in Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984). We therefore conclude that OP lacks standing to start this thread.

We pause to note that OP's claim also fails to demonstrate ripeness. We said in Texas v. United States that "a claim is not ripe for adjudication if it rests upon contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all." 523 U.S. 296, 300 (1998). OP's request for information on offers he does not have is precisely the kind of "contingent future event" our jurisprudence has rejected as premature.

This thread is therefore dismissed with prejudice. OP may pursue any further navel-gazing he wishes not inconsistent with this opinion.

It is so ordered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532736)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:41 PM
Author: Jet station

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532757)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:48 PM
Author: zombie-like candlestick maker

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532803)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:26 PM
Author: well-lubricated drab scourge upon the earth

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532974)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:27 PM
Author: Slate Painfully Honest Locale Pisswyrm

Flawless. Sublime.

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532983)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:31 PM
Author: shivering racy crackhouse

OP should appeal to the real SCOTXO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7532999)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:33 PM
Author: Provocative pozpig

Bravo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7533006)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 11:45 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

ouch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7535020)





Date: February 3rd, 2007 12:01 AM
Author: fragrant lodge

This is great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7535122)





Date: February 4th, 2007 9:18 PM
Author: aggressive mildly autistic sandwich

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7545021)





Date: February 6th, 2007 3:31 PM
Author: hideous point

beyond amazing. this could rival the dungeonmasTTTer in terms of shtick potential.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7555012)





Date: February 6th, 2007 4:04 PM
Author: frisky field

You leave my boss out of this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7555222)





Date: August 31st, 2007 7:07 PM
Author: puce startling step-uncle's house gunner

180 bump.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8583713)





Date: August 31st, 2007 7:49 PM
Author: Magenta beady-eyed filthpig property

tytyty. when will teh next XO SCOTUS session be?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8583816)





Date: September 1st, 2007 2:56 PM
Author: Hyperventilating sexy becky

awesome.

did this dood do any more, or was this a one-shot schtick?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8586365)





Date: June 1st, 2008 1:23 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone mahogany shitlib

moar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#9847558)





Date: June 1st, 2008 1:28 AM
Author: Carmine Turdskin

it was funnier in 2007.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#9847567)





Date: June 7th, 2008 11:01 AM
Author: Unhinged hateful tank faggotry

this was MTG

http://www.biglawboard.com/blb/viewThread.jsp?threadId=19797#19978

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#9866947)





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:57 PM
Author: Wine jet-lagged giraffe trailer park

you shouldn't have filed in federal XO court dude. rookie mistake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#7533149)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:44 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

UPDATE: have callbacks at both. This case may SRSLY be ripe in the near future.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584303)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:46 PM
Author: Onyx Razzle-dazzle Area

yfwgi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584311)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:48 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

or, I asked an honest Q and got pwned, then later pwned OCI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584315)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:49 PM
Author: frum zippy range travel guidebook

"UPDATE: have callbacks at both."

you the man now, dog.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584317)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:00 PM
Author: Charismatic clear stag film death wish

So, we're to believe that a poster (who has barely posted a single thing in 8 months besides this horrible OP) happens to see this thread on the day it gets bumped and also just happens to have callbacks at both.

Sorry, whokebe, much easier to believe that you're an alternate moniker of a reg and came here to salvage what was left of your damaged pride.

*poop*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584349)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:48 PM
Author: Chartreuse den

Chicago is a fucking hole in the wall cow town. why the fuck would you ever want to go there for 10 minutes let alone live there?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584314)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:49 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Sorry, hate NYC and LA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584319)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:52 PM
Author: Chartreuse den

"hate NYC"

Translation: "couldn't last 30 seconds in NYC and couldn't get a job in NYC even if you sucked off every v100 partner in the city"

have fun in cornfield town

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584326)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:57 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Jesus Christ you are stupid. NYC is a MUCH easier market than Chicago...ANYONE at a decent school could get a Vault firm in NYC.

And hey, good luck at St. John's OCI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584340)





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:59 PM
Author: Chartreuse den

sorry, I'm not a lawyer. would never dream of it.

the reason the chicago market is so shitty is because every fucking TTT NU, UIUC, and rancid Chicago-Kent grad, not to mention all the loyola and dePaul mouth breathers are climbing over each other trying to get jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584343)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:01 PM
Author: Charismatic clear stag film death wish

Right, and NYC doesn't have Cardozo, St John's, Fordham, NYLS...

You're a fucking moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584351)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:03 PM
Author: Chartreuse den

and you probably get fucking laughed at with your 30k/yr nonprofittt job in Chicago. i would rather graduate from Cardozo an fucking work for a non vault 100 firm in NYC than skadden in Chicago any day. chicago is a fucking joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584354)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:04 PM
Author: Charismatic clear stag film death wish

This post literally makes no sense. Does retardation run in your family?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584359)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:03 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

Then go to a firm where those people aren't allowed in - there's plenty.

Do you think 100 NYC firms populated with Pace, NYLS, Brooklyn, St Johns, Cardozo and Fordham grads are better?

I can see why you won't be a lawyer - your reasoning skills are shit. Back to the UG board, where you belong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584356)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:19 PM
Author: Chartreuse den

good thing i easily make 2.5x your salary, you fucking mouth breather

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584403)





Date: August 31st, 2007 11:30 PM
Author: 180 box office factory reset button

2.5 * 0 = 0

sounds about right.

Unless you meant my future salary...for some reason I don't think you make 400k. Just a hunch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8584442)





Date: September 1st, 2007 2:53 PM
Author: Histrionic hospital

more and more chicago owns nyc anyways. nyc = dirty ttt in decline.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8586342)





Date: October 28th, 2007 8:46 PM
Author: Insanely creepy menage quadroon

bump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=573864&forum_id=2#8823887)