Jessica Booker
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I have had some frank associates and partners in my time tell vac schemers the lows of life in the law firm - partly to my horror and also in slight admiration for them (just seething as I knew it would create more work for me).Thank you for this. However, Willkie doesn't have any trainees at the moment so vacation schemers will probably have a junior associate mentor. I'm not sure you could be as frank with a junior associate as you could a trainee. Also, whenever you ask anyone about the culture of their firm, they always sing the firm's praises. I can't imagine a situation where someone at the firm will admit that their culture is toxic, or that there are partners to steer away from.
I would take what you see in RoF with a pinch of salt though. Some firms pay huge amounts of money to keep their stories out of RoF headlines - others pay huge amounts of money AND manage the relationship by giving them exclusives to “half” the story that is the toned down version.
Just because you don’t see it on RoF doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.