What do you all think of Upward Review? It's supposed to be the GlassDoor / Rate My Professor" for Big Law. I think it's an interesting concept but I'm just worried about the potential blowback from this.

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Idk. Feels like it could be easy to figure out who left a review and the risk ain’t worth the reward for the average associate.

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Worked well at Latham but I could definitely see this issue if not implemented well elsewhere so probably very firm-specific for a true answer to your question.

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I used to believe in upward reviews. After a few years, I realized people don’t change and it’s pointless.

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Think all the reddit commenters mentioning the awful security and the subpoena/ defamation risk are correct.

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Do you mean the site that Bryson Malcolm started? Interested to see how it does.

Yeah, I'm referring to that site.

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Only insecure partners will be concerned about it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of them.

Well insecure partners AND paranoid associates. That comprises 95% of the biglaw workforce so this product is dead on arrival

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