The corporate department has two assignment partners in New York. They re usually junior partners, one specialized in general corporate practice and one in finance, reports one insider. They sort of collect all the work that s available and call each of the first-year and junior associates and ask them if they can take on work. We have a Monday morning meeting where we discuss what we re working on. Depending on whether we have time, they ll give us work.
Powerful women partners The firm makes a great effort to hire minorities, reports one associate.
The firm recently brought in a diversity consulting firm to investigate diversity issues and to conduct diversity training, reports one litigation associate. The firm boasts a couple of powerful women partners. The firm is concerned about the fact that a female partner in the New York office hasn t been made in years, partially because some women have left the firm before their partnership year.