Nationwide No Offer Watch: Numbers from Kirkland and Orrick

Nationwide No Offer Watch: Numbers from Kirkland and Orrick

We've compiled a lot of information about the summer associate offer rates at Kirkland & Ellis and at Orrick. Overall, summer associates had a pretty good chance at nailing down an offer at these firms -- though individual results varied significantly depending on which you summer at.

At Kirkland & Ellis, sources report that the firm's offer rate was a solid 85% firm wide. In Chicago and New York, that offer rate climbed to around 90%.

But out west, things were not as rosy. Multiple tipsters reported that the offer rate out of Kirkland's Los Angeles office was between 60% and 65%. In Palo Alto, things were even worse. Sources there report a 50% offer rate.

Firm wide, a summer class of around 158 summer associates yielded approximately 135 offers for full time employment. In this market, those are good odds.