11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day By Anonymous Recruitment Director
Ed. note: This is the latest post by Anonymous Recruitment Director, who offers an insider’s perspective on the world of law firm hiring.
I have received numerous emails from law students requesting advice about the Biglaw interview day. I once again solicited the input of other recruitment professionals in order to compile a list of the items that candidates should keep in mind on their interview day.
Starting associate salaries at large law firms have remained essentially flat since 2007, despite some erosion of the prevalence of $160,000 as the norm. New research from NALP reveals that first-year associate salaries of $160,000 are still widespread at large law firms of more than 700 lawyers — especially in large markets — and became somewhat more prevalent in 2013 compared with 2012, as a result pushing the median for this group of firms as a whole back up to $160,000 after it had dropped to $145,000 in 2012.
As trademark counsel at Mars Inc. subsidiary Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Ann H. Chen protects the brand assets of popular products like Juicy Fruit, Orbit, Starburst and Skittles. The former law firm associate went in-house in July 2008, joining Wrigley because she wanted to have a direct hand in how a business operates.