Latham & Watkins Reviews

Pros

Good pay and great experience; lots of responsibility early on

Cons

Working hours can be long

Pros

Latham has a great culture among attorneys. The culture on the staff side can be toxic especially in certain departments. The Business Development department is very difficult.

Cons

There is a big divide between the attorneys and the staff. It's hard to be a staff person at this firm.

Pros

Great program for college graduates!

Cons

Overall a great program, can’t think of any cons

Pros

Partners are extremely intelligent, good pay, interesting clients

Cons

Not the best working environment in the marketing / BD group. High turnover in this group when I was there.

Pros

Administratively efficient in all aspects for employees.

Cons

Diversity deficient, condescending, avoidance tactics, insufficient coaching, cruel

Pros

High quality of legal work and clients.

Cons

Inflated partnership, no internal partnership promotions, lack of transparency from leadership, high percentage of jerks

Pros

Great benefits good pay professional

Cons

Layoffs, hours, work life balance

Pros

It’s a typical big law firm with the hours to match, but Latham has great people and the best culture of any big law firm

Cons

Hours are typical for a big law firm

Pros

It's Big Law--pays a lot

Cons

It's Big Law--work a lot

Pros

I couldn't imagine a better group of people with whom to spend long hours in the office. My colleagues were unfailingly funny and laid back, in addition to being incredibly smart and at the top of their game as professionals.

Cons

Long hours (like any Big Law experience) and not a lot of realistic expectation for that improving anytime soon.