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Skadden vs. Kirkland [Chicago]

Of course it's hypothetical at this point, but assuming I go...
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
I know the thing about the bonuses, but isn't Kirkland's sal...
copper curious cumskin
  02/02/07
yup.
soggy nudist background story station
  02/02/07
Yeah I meant with the bonuses, Kirkland still pays above Chi...
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
Chicago market is CLEARLY at least 145k, if not 160.
Sapphire Vivacious Casino Ratface
  08/31/07
a lot has happened since Feb
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
whoa..yeah..you're right!
Sapphire Vivacious Casino Ratface
  08/31/07
In general I think you have more opportunities to shine when...
Aromatic circlehead
  02/02/07
why is this? I also read harder to get partnership at a bra...
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
One thing to think about is bonuses. While Skadden gives the...
mentally impaired avocado state
  02/02/07
Does Skadden's move to 160 change your mind?
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
At this point, I think you have to at least assume that Kirk...
mentally impaired avocado state
  02/02/07
kirkland should be a V5, and skadden shouldn't.
French Dog Poop Church Building
  02/02/07
i turned down offers from both. there are better firms in c...
Flirting patrolman
  02/02/07
link?
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
on writ of certiorari to the XO SCOTUS
costumed diverse preventive strike office
  02/02/07
180
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  02/02/07
180
buck-toothed mind-boggling place of business
  02/02/07
180
Orchid kitty cat striped hyena
  02/02/07
Flawless. Sublime. 180
brindle excitant corner persian
  02/02/07
OP should appeal to the real SCOTXO.
Shivering Private Investor Hell
  02/02/07
Bravo.
Duck-like toilet seat
  02/02/07
ouch
Contagious Pervert Space
  02/02/07
This is great.
Exhilarant flushed incel point
  02/03/07
180
dull cheese-eating cuckoldry
  02/04/07
beyond amazing. this could rival the dungeonmasTTTer in term...
vigorous wagecucks
  02/06/07
You leave my boss out of this.
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  02/06/07
180 bump.
Concupiscible Cobalt Sneaky Criminal Depressive
  08/31/07
tytyty. when will teh next XO SCOTUS session be?
Lemon stimulating nibblets
  08/31/07
awesome. did this dood do any more, or was this a one-sho...
shimmering drunken nursing home
  09/01/07
moar
Electric Clear Gay Wizard Coffee Pot
  06/01/08
it was funnier in 2007.
Mischievous doobsian spot
  06/01/08
this was MTG http://www.biglawboard.com/blb/viewThread.js...
Slate Pit
  06/07/08
you shouldn't have filed in federal XO court dude. rookie m...
Arrogant yapping ticket booth blood rage
  02/02/07
UPDATE: have callbacks at both. This case may SRSLY be ripe...
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
yfwgi
impressive adventurous black woman
  08/31/07
or, I asked an honest Q and got pwned, then later pwned OCI
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
"UPDATE: have callbacks at both." you the man ...
passionate swollen fortuitous meteor party of the first part
  08/31/07
So, we're to believe that a poster (who has barely posted a ...
Unholy useless brakes
  08/31/07
Chicago is a fucking hole in the wall cow town. why the fuc...
Soul-stirring crawly death wish
  08/31/07
Sorry, hate NYC and LA
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
"hate NYC" Translation: "couldn't last 30 ...
Soul-stirring crawly death wish
  08/31/07
Jesus Christ you are stupid. NYC is a MUCH easier market th...
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
sorry, I'm not a lawyer. would never dream of it. the re...
Soul-stirring crawly death wish
  08/31/07
Right, and NYC doesn't have Cardozo, St John's, Fordham, NYL...
Unholy useless brakes
  08/31/07
and you probably get fucking laughed at with your 30k/yr non...
Soul-stirring crawly death wish
  08/31/07
This post literally makes no sense. Does retardation run in...
Unholy useless brakes
  08/31/07
Then go to a firm where those people aren't allowed in - the...
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
good thing i easily make 2.5x your salary, you fucking mouth...
Soul-stirring crawly death wish
  08/31/07
2.5 * 0 = 0 sounds about right. Unless you meant my futu...
Contagious Pervert Space
  08/31/07
more and more chicago owns nyc anyways. nyc = dirty ttt in ...
chocolate impertinent halford
  09/01/07
bump
Arousing knife theater stage
  10/28/07


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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:26 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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?

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:29 PM
Author: copper curious cumskin

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:33 PM
Author: soggy nudist background story station

yup.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:33 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:08 PM
Author: Sapphire Vivacious Casino Ratface

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:09 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

a lot has happened since Feb

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:10 PM
Author: Sapphire Vivacious Casino Ratface

whoa..yeah..you're right!

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:29 PM
Author: Aromatic circlehead

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.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:32 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 3:44 PM
Author: mentally impaired avocado state

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).

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 4:04 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

Does Skadden's move to 160 change your mind?

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:49 PM
Author: mentally impaired avocado state

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.



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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 4:06 PM
Author: French Dog Poop Church Building

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 9:26 PM
Author: Flirting patrolman

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 11:44 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

link?

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:38 PM
Author: costumed diverse preventive strike 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.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:41 PM
Author: Red lodge electric furnace

180

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 5:48 PM
Author: buck-toothed mind-boggling place of business

180

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:26 PM
Author: Orchid kitty cat striped hyena

180

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:27 PM
Author: brindle excitant corner persian

Flawless. Sublime.

180

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:31 PM
Author: Shivering Private Investor Hell

OP should appeal to the real SCOTXO.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:33 PM
Author: Duck-like toilet seat

Bravo.

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 11:45 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

ouch

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



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Date: February 3rd, 2007 12:01 AM
Author: Exhilarant flushed incel point

This is great.

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



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Date: February 4th, 2007 9:18 PM
Author: dull cheese-eating cuckoldry

180

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



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Date: February 6th, 2007 3:31 PM
Author: vigorous wagecucks

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

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



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Date: February 6th, 2007 4:04 PM
Author: Hairraiser carmine gaming laptop antidepressant drug

You leave my boss out of this.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 7:07 PM
Author: Concupiscible Cobalt Sneaky Criminal Depressive

180 bump.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 7:49 PM
Author: Lemon stimulating nibblets

tytyty. when will teh next XO SCOTUS session be?

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



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Date: September 1st, 2007 2:56 PM
Author: shimmering drunken nursing home

awesome.

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

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



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Date: June 1st, 2008 1:23 AM
Author: Electric Clear Gay Wizard Coffee Pot

moar

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



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Date: June 1st, 2008 1:28 AM
Author: Mischievous doobsian spot

it was funnier in 2007.

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



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Date: June 7th, 2008 11:01 AM
Author: Slate Pit

this was MTG

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

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



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Date: February 2nd, 2007 6:57 PM
Author: Arrogant yapping ticket booth blood rage

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:44 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:46 PM
Author: impressive adventurous black woman

yfwgi

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:48 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:49 PM
Author: passionate swollen fortuitous meteor party of the first part

"UPDATE: have callbacks at both."

you the man now, dog.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:00 PM
Author: Unholy useless brakes

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*

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:48 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crawly death wish

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?

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:49 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

Sorry, hate NYC and LA

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:52 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crawly death wish

"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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:57 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 10:59 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crawly death wish

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.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:01 PM
Author: Unholy useless brakes

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

You're a fucking moron

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:03 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crawly death wish

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.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:04 PM
Author: Unholy useless brakes

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:03 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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.

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:19 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crawly death wish

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

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



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Date: August 31st, 2007 11:30 PM
Author: Contagious Pervert Space

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.

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



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Date: September 1st, 2007 2:53 PM
Author: chocolate impertinent halford

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

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



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Date: October 28th, 2007 8:46 PM
Author: Arousing knife theater stage

bump

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