I'm a rising 2L at HLS and am putting together my bid list for EIP. I have 3 H's and 7 P's and want to work in New York. I know that the top 15 New York firms are likely out of my reach (say, all the way to Milbank, Tweed, etc or Paul, Hastings) and so while I don't plan on bidding on those firms, I'm not really sure at what point on the list firms start becoming realistic options.

Does anyone have advice as to what point on the rankings I should focus my attention, any firms in particular that seem like good targets, etc? Any advice would be much appreciated -

Thanks a lot -

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15652246)

Even after thinking about it a lot, I don't have a clear ideas as to what I'm interested in. The large, generic fields of litigation and corporate law are both somewhat intriguing to me, but I don't think I'll really have a better idea until after getting some actually work experience in a particular area (which is why I don't plan to be too discriminate when it comes to practice areas when bidding.)

I assumed that given the economy and my average grades, that starting bidding at the 15th or 20th highest ranked NYC firm was appropriate (but I guess it may be a bit pessimistic?) Any perspectives would be helpful.

Thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15652875)

Enjoy Stroock?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15652881)

so you think starting to bid at Allen & Overy (Vault: 35th overall, 18th in NYC) and then roughly going down the list for new york firms would be a decent approach?

thanks again for the feedback guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15653283)

you wouldn't even go to Delaware?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15659868)

thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15671094)

15 Latham & Watkins LLP 7.212 Los Angeles, CA

16 Sidley Austin LLP 7.088 Chicago, IL

18 Jones Day 6.927 Washington, DC

19 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 6.844 Los Angeles, CA

20 White & Case LLP 6.777 New York, NY

21 Arnold & Porter LLP 6.775 Washington, DC

22 Shearman & Sterling LLP 6.751 New York, NY

23 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 6.742 New York, NY

25 Ropes & Gray LLP 6.618 Boston, MA

30 Linklaters LLP (US) 6.457 New York, NY

32 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 6.267 New York, NY

33 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 6.265 New York, CA

34 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 6.188 Washington, DC

36 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 6.170 New York, NY

38 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (US) 6.122 New York, NY

40 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 6.060 New York, NY

46 Proskauer Rose LLP 5.916 New York, NY

47 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 5.887 New York, NY

56 Bingham McCutchen LLP 5.639 Boston, MA

57 Dechert LLP 5.603 New York, NY

65 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 5.319 New York, NY

70 Kaye Scholer LLP 5.123 New York, NY

80 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 4.773 New York, NY

85 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 4.697 New York, NY

88 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 4.592 New York, NY

90 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 4.540 New York, NY

91 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 4.513 New York, NY

Not Ranked Brown Rudnick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15679905)

seems likely that i know at least two or three people itt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15686966)

Poast then delete

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15687012)

outwardly gunning is not related to getting good grades

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15687048)

there are some smart motherfuckers running around there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1382293&forum_id=2#15687146)