Does Covington care about grades for laterals

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I don’t think there’s a firm that cares about grades more than Covington

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Depends on the practice area. I was a bankruptcy associate there years ago and my GPA was about a 3.2 from a T14. I had a Delaware clerkship though.

It probably matters more for litigation than corporate. And less for specialities like bankruptcy (they're not exactly well known for that practice. I came from a bigger firm).

Good luck!

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How bad are these grades we're talking about?

That doesn't seem bad.

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How hard is it to end up under 3.2 GPA at a T14?

That would have been the absolute bottom of my class. After all the uncurved/higher curve electives 2/3 of my graduating class graduated cum laude (>3.65).

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