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Probably more correlated with practice area than any one firm.
Good point. Which areas at your firm would you say have the best work life balance?
Wachtell
Waiting for someone to say Skadden on here lol
Mintz. Good place to go as a lateral from a big firm when you are already well-trained. Would not recommend much for juniors
Training is not the best and you’re expected to be a generalist and bounce between a couple practice areas (M&A, Capital markets, debt, ECVC). There’s no formal specialization path (eg, I only want to do ECVC and nothing else) unless you’re a lateral.
I don't know that any of them offer great WLB, but my friend who works at DLA Piper in Austin definitely has it pretty good by my standards. Just the ability to work from home in the legal profession is huge in my opinion. Hopefully the trend continues.
The myth is that there is concensus on this. You'll find 100 different answers and if that doesn't tell you.its subjective then idk what else will. And that's of course assuming wlb is real in biglaw, which is a different conversation
And who has a high tolerance for pain.
My understanding is specialty groups tend to have better WLB than general groups like M&A or commercial lit
Depends on a firm/practice group/and a team or a partner you work with…. It is hard to find, but I think it is possible.
My personal takeaway is that younger offices have healthier cultures. I would say look at the non-NY based firms. My firm is a bit on the younger side and is Texas-based. The NY office is only 20 years old and the vibe is SO different than my prior BL experiences. Feels a lot like what my friends on the west coast describe and we have no shortage of brilliant ppl. Not making many multiple millions, but happier people overall and still very comfortable $ wise.
Haynes Boone
I think it depends more on practice group than firm
It depends upon every person. We all have a subjective notion about WLB. For the most part, I'd say WLB is mostly a myth. Based on personal experience of course.
WLB is like the Yeti.