The Closed Big Law Firm Offices Megathread - Summer 2026 Recruiting
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🗞️ Insider Info: Office Closures with Baker McKenzie, Troutman, Greenberg, and Hogan & Kirkland/Cornell Groupchat Speculation
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🗞️ Insider Info: K&E’s Two-Summer Rule, Foley Lardner, Kelley Drye, Thompson Coburn, Stoel Rives, and OCI Updates
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🗞️ Insider Info: Offers at Steptoe, Reed Smith SF Full, Sidley Layoffs, Buchanan Miami full, and Some Market Insights From Community Members in Big Law
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🗞️ Insider Info: Recruiting Updates from Ropes, Weil, Kirkland, OMM, Orrick, and More
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🎯 Billable Requirements vs. No Minimums: Some Tips on the Real Differences As You Compare Firms
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Wanted to share a new sub that someone made specifically for law moms!
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Answering the Question: Are We Almost Done or Just Getting Started? Is It Too Late To Even Try To Apply To Biglaw?
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🗞️ Insider Info: The Sidley Houston 30 Minute Speed Run, Latham Send Survey on Declined Offers, Dechert Philly, Faegre, and O'Melveny Century City Rumored Full
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🗞️ Insider Info: Philly Firms Filling Fast + Litigation Groups Filling Up — Holland & Knight, Quinn, Schulte, Dechert, Willkie, Faegre & More
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🗞️ Insider Info: Cooley Closures, Kirkland Grade Wins, and More Offices Filling Fast (Deb, MoFo, ArentFox, Quinn, Simpson)
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🗞️ Insider Info: Direct App Closures, Culture Surveys & Possible Final Offer Rounds — Cooley, Cozen, ArentFox, Paul Weiss & More
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Here’s a handy chrome extension that silences your LinkedIn/social media feeds (for your mental health if you need it)
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📚 Didn’t Land BigLaw for 2L? Don't Worry, Here’s How the Mid-Law-to-Big-Law Path Works
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For those of you who used the big law tracker, you can now update it for free
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📚 Free Market vs. Centralized Staffing — What’s the Difference, and Why It Matters
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📍 Inisder Info: Reed Smith, Mintz, Akin, Clifford Chance, and Covington Updates; DC & Boston Offices Filling Fast
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📍 Insider Info: Cozen, Covington, DPW, Dechert, Freshfields & More — Mid-May Office Closures, Offers, and Process Shifts
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🤝 The “Touchback”: How to Leave Your 1L Firm on Good Terms After Accepting a 2L Offer Elsewhere
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📩 How to Reneg on a Summer Offer Professionally (If You Absolutely Have To). Plus, an Email Template.
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📍 Insider Info: Buchanan Using Hybrid Screener/CB in Philly + Clifford Chance Callback Timeline
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📬 How (and When) to Update Firms With New Grades, Law Review, or Other Major Updates
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📉 Worried About Your Post-Offer Grades? Let’s Talk About The Firms Using “Comparable” Language In Their New Contracts
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🎯 OCI “Safe Zone” Numbers, Strategy & How to Stand Out (Even When We’re All Spraying & Praying Applications)
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