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Skadden vs. Kirkland [Chicago]

Of course it's hypothetical at this point, but assuming I go...
exciting national
  02/02/07
I know the thing about the bonuses, but isn't Kirkland's sal...
soul-stirring dark temple lettuce
  02/02/07
yup.
fragrant rusted digit ratio
  02/02/07
Yeah I meant with the bonuses, Kirkland still pays above Chi...
exciting national
  02/02/07
Chicago market is CLEARLY at least 145k, if not 160.
Internet-worthy lodge
  08/31/07
a lot has happened since Feb
exciting national
  08/31/07
whoa..yeah..you're right!
Internet-worthy lodge
  08/31/07
In general I think you have more opportunities to shine when...
French gay wizard sex offender
  02/02/07
why is this? I also read harder to get partnership at a bra...
exciting national
  02/02/07
One thing to think about is bonuses. While Skadden gives the...
Jet Weed Whacker
  02/02/07
Does Skadden's move to 160 change your mind?
exciting national
  02/02/07
At this point, I think you have to at least assume that Kirk...
Jet Weed Whacker
  02/02/07
kirkland should be a V5, and skadden shouldn't.
floppy naked elastic band
  02/02/07
i turned down offers from both. there are better firms in c...
Anal Rehab
  02/02/07
link?
exciting national
  02/02/07
on writ of certiorari to the XO SCOTUS
Peach misunderstood associate
  02/02/07
180
infuriating son of senegal idiot
  02/02/07
180
cerise jewess public bath
  02/02/07
180
Frisky Ruddy Institution
  02/02/07
Flawless. Sublime. 180
insane market multi-billionaire
  02/02/07
OP should appeal to the real SCOTXO.
Gold love of her life shitlib
  02/02/07
Bravo.
Cordovan business firm
  02/02/07
ouch
exciting national
  02/02/07
This is great.
costumed unhinged field marketing idea
  02/03/07
180
effete senate masturbator
  02/04/07
beyond amazing. this could rival the dungeonmasTTTer in term...
Sable demanding regret
  02/06/07
You leave my boss out of this.
clear beta liquid oxygen
  02/06/07
180 bump.
chrome address mood
  08/31/07
tytyty. when will teh next XO SCOTUS session be?
boyish university affirmative action
  08/31/07
awesome. did this dood do any more, or was this a one-sho...
copper well-lubricated ape travel guidebook
  09/01/07
moar
magical base
  06/01/08
it was funnier in 2007.
Aggressive indian lodge
  06/01/08
this was MTG http://www.biglawboard.com/blb/viewThread.js...
Dun School Cafeteria Trust Fund
  06/07/08
you shouldn't have filed in federal XO court dude. rookie m...
Mind-boggling Goyim Twinkling Uncleanness
  02/02/07
UPDATE: have callbacks at both. This case may SRSLY be ripe...
exciting national
  08/31/07
yfwgi
amethyst harsh bbw
  08/31/07
or, I asked an honest Q and got pwned, then later pwned OCI
exciting national
  08/31/07
"UPDATE: have callbacks at both." you the man ...
ruby french chef hall
  08/31/07
So, we're to believe that a poster (who has barely posted a ...
bossy bisexual stage
  08/31/07
Chicago is a fucking hole in the wall cow town. why the fuc...
Topaz bearded hissy fit
  08/31/07
Sorry, hate NYC and LA
exciting national
  08/31/07
"hate NYC" Translation: "couldn't last 30 ...
Topaz bearded hissy fit
  08/31/07
Jesus Christ you are stupid. NYC is a MUCH easier market th...
exciting national
  08/31/07
sorry, I'm not a lawyer. would never dream of it. the re...
Topaz bearded hissy fit
  08/31/07
Right, and NYC doesn't have Cardozo, St John's, Fordham, NYL...
bossy bisexual stage
  08/31/07
and you probably get fucking laughed at with your 30k/yr non...
Topaz bearded hissy fit
  08/31/07
This post literally makes no sense. Does retardation run in...
bossy bisexual stage
  08/31/07
Then go to a firm where those people aren't allowed in - the...
exciting national
  08/31/07
good thing i easily make 2.5x your salary, you fucking mouth...
Topaz bearded hissy fit
  08/31/07
2.5 * 0 = 0 sounds about right. Unless you meant my futu...
exciting national
  08/31/07
more and more chicago owns nyc anyways. nyc = dirty ttt in ...
umber thriller shrine
  09/01/07
bump
insanely creepy gaping milk
  10/28/07


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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:26 PM
Author: exciting national

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: soul-stirring dark temple lettuce

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: fragrant rusted digit ratio

yup.

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:33 PM
Author: exciting national

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: Internet-worthy lodge

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: exciting national

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: Internet-worthy lodge

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: French gay wizard sex offender

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: exciting national

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: Jet Weed Whacker

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: exciting national

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: Jet Weed Whacker

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: floppy naked elastic band

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: Anal Rehab

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: exciting national

link?

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:38 PM
Author: Peach misunderstood associate
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: infuriating son of senegal idiot

180

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:48 PM
Author: cerise jewess public bath

180

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:26 PM
Author: Frisky Ruddy Institution

180

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:27 PM
Author: insane market multi-billionaire

Flawless. Sublime.

180

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:31 PM
Author: Gold love of her life shitlib

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: Cordovan business firm

Bravo.

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





Date: February 2nd, 2007 11:45 PM
Author: exciting national

ouch

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





Date: February 3rd, 2007 12:01 AM
Author: costumed unhinged field marketing idea

This is great.

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





Date: February 4th, 2007 9:18 PM
Author: effete senate masturbator

180

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





Date: February 6th, 2007 3:31 PM
Author: Sable demanding regret

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: clear beta liquid oxygen

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: chrome address mood

180 bump.

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





Date: August 31st, 2007 7:49 PM
Author: boyish university affirmative action

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: copper well-lubricated ape travel guidebook

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: magical base

moar

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





Date: June 1st, 2008 1:28 AM
Author: Aggressive indian lodge

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: Dun School Cafeteria Trust Fund

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: Mind-boggling Goyim Twinkling Uncleanness

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: exciting national

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: amethyst harsh bbw

yfwgi

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





Date: August 31st, 2007 10:48 PM
Author: exciting national

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: ruby french chef hall

"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: bossy bisexual stage

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: Topaz bearded hissy fit

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: exciting national

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: Topaz bearded hissy fit

"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: exciting national

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: Topaz bearded hissy fit

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: bossy bisexual stage

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: Topaz bearded hissy fit

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: bossy bisexual stage

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: exciting national

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: Topaz bearded hissy fit

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: exciting national

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: umber thriller shrine

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 gaping milk

bump

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