Those offered positions first receive a call from the head of the department of their interest, then a letter from the chair of the recruiting committee. It s not a factory of work, work, work. And it s not stiff. Another insider praises the firm for its informality. We call all the partners by their first name.
People are friendly.
Partners say good morning. People stop by just to chat. At the same time, another associates confides, I have no idea why this is the case, but we have a whiner community here. At a lot of law firms no one would ever dream of complaining in public. At Paul Weiss, the second something isn t working right, people are on the phones bitching and moaning.