Then how come link legal associates are always poached? Do they make crappy law students into poachable associates?

Teams are at par with Tier 2 firms and there are some teams which punch above their weight. While work culture depends on the Partner, it's a lala driven firm with one family at the helm with Partners having little to no say in overall management of the firm, increments, etc.

It takes crappy tier-3 nlu students who have barely managed to pass each smemester. The pay is 3rd class

Highly depends on the partner you join. It's a typical lala firm, however its trying to get professional. Pay is really really bad. Having said that, it's a good starting point.

Is the gen. corp. team at Dentons-LL any good? How is the work-culture and pay scale?