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Summer Associate Salaries

Anyone know what they are for the top 20 firms? (namely Skad...
ruddy goal in life telephone
  02/15/06
anyone??? someone must know
ruddy goal in life telephone
  02/15/06
Skadden announced their bump today but hasn't announced anyt...
crystalline macaca double fault
  02/15/06
They also paid $2400 in the past despite having a base salar...
anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop
  02/15/06
That's correct, but they did that because everyone else was ...
crystalline macaca double fault
  02/15/06
And cheers to Gibson for supporting my hypothesis
Idiotic Pale Cruise Ship
  02/15/06
i wonder if the branch-office-laden firms might be worried a...
Curious Drab Market
  02/15/06
I think most firms do a weekend or retreat for all the summe...
anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop
  02/15/06
I can see it now, the NYC summers rolling up in their new Be...
Saffron Impressive Mental Disorder Native
  02/15/06
Weil has announced $2788/wk by email earlier. HTFH, 1L.
Doobsian hall
  02/15/06
i believe STB made it pro-rated. Hazelrah would know.
Lake office
  02/15/06
Yeah, I have a post here: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?...
anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop
  02/15/06
my firm - who announced raised to 145 last week - stated som...
Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican
  02/15/06
arent the firms (those that increased salaries) scared that ...
ruddy goal in life telephone
  02/15/06
yes. thats why I think my firm is possibly waiting to see i...
Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican
  02/15/06
my firm has failed to say how much summers are getting paid ...
ruddy goal in life telephone
  02/15/06
I'd imagine they will. No news does not necessarily equal b...
Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican
  02/15/06
sure id rather have the extra 12 dollars a week but i dont t...
Federal sanctuary
  02/15/06
Yeah, but Gibson's move is really TTT. $378 per week is a bi...
Red circlehead
  02/15/06
Actually there was an explanation that the supposed "$2...
anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop
  02/15/06
wow, so gibson is doubly screwing their SAs...first stalling...
Unhinged theater stage coffee pot
  02/15/06
Courtesy of the fabulous Fiver: http://blog.qiken.org/archi...
mint diverse selfie
  02/15/06
Ah, that's what it was. So if $2400 is more than $2404, by ...
anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop
  02/15/06


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Date: February 15th, 2006 10:53 AM
Author: ruddy goal in life telephone

Anyone know what they are for the top 20 firms? (namely Skadden, Weil, Cravath, etc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5092692)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:35 PM
Author: ruddy goal in life telephone

anyone??? someone must know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094678)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:41 PM
Author: crystalline macaca double fault

Skadden announced their bump today but hasn't announced anything to summer associates yet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094737)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:43 PM
Author: anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop

They also paid $2400 in the past despite having a base salary of $140k. I don't know why firms are dragging their feet on this. Props to Simpson, Cleary, and Paul Weiss for announcing clear and early.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094761)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:45 PM
Author: crystalline macaca double fault

That's correct, but they did that because everyone else was at $125k and paying $2400...I'm pretty sure they'll bump to $2788 (or something similar) now that everyone else is. I can't seem them staying at $2400 (but who knows).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094791)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:46 PM
Author: Idiotic Pale Cruise Ship

And cheers to Gibson for supporting my hypothesis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094796)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:46 PM
Author: Curious Drab Market

i wonder if the branch-office-laden firms might be worried about strife across offices among SAs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094804)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:48 PM
Author: anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop

I think most firms do a weekend or retreat for all the summers. That could get nasty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094826)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:50 PM
Author: Saffron Impressive Mental Disorder Native

I can see it now, the NYC summers rolling up in their new Bentleys while the LA associates pedal in on their secondhand Huffys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094848)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:02 PM
Author: Doobsian hall

Weil has announced $2788/wk by email earlier. HTFH, 1L.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5098994)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:36 PM
Author: Lake office

i believe STB made it pro-rated. Hazelrah would know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094683)





Date: February 15th, 2006 2:37 PM
Author: anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop

Yeah, I have a post here: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=357285&mc=164&forum_id=2#5049094 If anybody has additions, let me know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5094688)





Date: February 15th, 2006 3:04 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican

my firm - who announced raised to 145 last week - stated something to the effect of "the summer associate salaries have yet to be determined, but we assure you they will be no less than 2,400." I figure they are either 1) waiting to get approval from partners before announcing the raise or 2) waiting to get confirmation that other top NYC firms are raising summer associate salaries before they match.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5095003)





Date: February 15th, 2006 3:09 PM
Author: ruddy goal in life telephone

arent the firms (those that increased salaries) scared that their reputation could be hurt if they fail to raise summer salaries accordingly? (i.e. for recruiting in the fall, etc.. since there would be a lot of bitter associates)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5095041)





Date: February 15th, 2006 3:11 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican

yes. thats why I think my firm is possibly waiting to see if all other NYC firms increase before they go ahead and raise. Only a handful of firms have announced that increases will apply to summers. If they didn't plan to raise salaries, they would have just said "2400 per week" but they kept the door open to a possible raise.

also: there is a discrepancy as to how much they should raise the salaries. I have heard of summer associate salaries increase to 2788, 2789, and 2800

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5095068)





Date: February 15th, 2006 3:13 PM
Author: ruddy goal in life telephone

my firm has failed to say how much summers are getting paid at all.. wondering if we are ever going to get that info - the dont seem to be great about keeping us in the loop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5095083)





Date: February 15th, 2006 3:15 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Coral Space Mexican

I'd imagine they will. No news does not necessarily equal bad news - see Gibson Dunn letter thread. Hopefully once a few more firms raise summer salaries, the rest will all follow- just like the raises for full-time attys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5095113)





Date: February 15th, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Federal sanctuary

sure id rather have the extra 12 dollars a week but i dont think 2800 v. 2788 will have much of an impact on recruiting, only $144 if you work 12 weeks. Its like the old 2404 v. 2400 just adding a few more dollars. 2788 seems to be the pro rata for the new 145k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5098969)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:02 PM
Author: Red circlehead

Yeah, but Gibson's move is really TTT. $378 per week is a big deal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5098991)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop

Actually there was an explanation that the supposed "$2404/wk" salaries actually paid less than the $2400 ones. It had something to do with $2404 being an indication that the firm paid by the month, and that summer months were longer and thus you ended up making less than $2400/wk. Hopefully somebody else can explain this better than me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5099007)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:16 PM
Author: Unhinged theater stage coffee pot

wow, so gibson is doubly screwing their SAs...first stalling at $2404 and second hitting the monthly (or 15th/31st) rather than biweekly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5099117)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:20 PM
Author: mint diverse selfie

Courtesy of the fabulous Fiver:

http://blog.qiken.org/archives/2005/09/when_2404_is_63.html

Also, I have recieved word that Proskauer is raising summer salaries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5099149)





Date: February 15th, 2006 10:24 PM
Author: anal bearded mad cow disease gaming laptop

Ah, that's what it was. So if $2400 is more than $2404, by the same logic would the difference between $2800 and $2788 be much more than $12?

EDIT: Oh wow, I just did the math. $2788 comes out to something like $2705 by my count.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=360876&forum_id=2#5099197)