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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former Covington associate here. No idea what it's like to be at A&P, but I'll say that in my five years at Covington, I had a pretty decent quality of life. It might have been the partners I worked with, but really with very few exceptions, the partners were pretty nice, if not a bit more reserved than partners at other firms. I took the generous parental leave twice and did not have to do any work during either period. I rarely left the office after 6 p.m., even if I did some work after the kids went to bed. Weekend work happened but it was not the routine. I never wanted to stay to make partner, so I met my targets but did not go far above them.  I used my time there to develop skills and contacts, and I'm now on my second (very good) in-house job. I know for a fact that having Covington on my resume was a huge plus for getting both jobs.

Some law school friends started at the big prestigious NY firms at the same time I started at Covington, and their experiences were VERY different. They really did work past midnight, had partners who yelled, etc. That was something that I just did not experience.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Covington.  Let’s be serious [/quote]

Really depends on the practice area... Covington, Wilmer, A&P, Sidley, W&C all have elite practice groups. [/quote]

I hear what you’re saying, but we’re not talking about prestigious practice groups. We are talking about what is the most prestigious law firm generally. It’s like saying that Harvard isn’t the most prestigious university in the country because other schools have some departments that are better.  Yeah, that may be true, but that doesn’t make the other school as or more prestigious as Harvard generally.

I think, for example, that most law students, if offered a choice, would pick A&P over Covington.  [/quote][/quote]

Just out of curiosity, roughly what time period were you at Covington?[/quote]

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