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In addition to that, I've seen S&R hiring and giving PPOs to tier 2-3 nlus and private law school kids. Kids with 3-4 legal internships on their CVs with minimal knowledge of capital markets practice as well as zero internships in this area getting PPOs offered by S&R (capital markets team), how is this possible? Is the firm lowering its standards. If not then, please show me the way to achieve this. What exactly is criteria to get into capital markets team of the firm? I'm confused. And also, Is it worth it?
Did you work well and we're generally available?
Did you do your term sheet well?
Was your presentation well? Were you able to answer questions by partners and grilling?
Are you in the end of third/ fourth year?
If all this is in the affirmative from yours as well as the Partner buddy side, you join S&R
-OP
This is not true. I've seen average students from average law schools (Christ,Symbi,ILS,Jindal) and lower NLUs (MNLU, CNLU) bagging ppos