Hey, Might Want To Pick Up The Phone! The Money Is Calling!

Forecast says 100% chance of Benjamins.

Boy on tin can phone listening to curious good newsMilbank who?

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton just announced their compensation scale and it matches Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Growing up I had teachers who told me that reading and writing were valuable skills, but I doubt even they knew they would be this valuable. You could put the extra money toward a loan or a charity, but let’s be real — this is going straight to the Uber Eats fund account. Tipping your driver a little extra counts as charitable giving though, right?

Cash breakdown is as follows:

Cleary 2022 February Match

(Turn to the next page to see the Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton memo.)

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.


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