Not bad for big law - Associate Cooley Employee Review

3.0
5 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good exit opps in tech, good training, all things considered culture could be worse

Cons

Palo Alto office has toxic partners leading to retention issues, causing an overwhelming amount of work for the few associates left.

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5.0
19 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fully established and great processes/onboarding process Great benefits Professional Development team was amazing to work with

Cons

Large company so hard to meet people

2.0
13 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch and snack bar

Cons

Some offices have awful open layouts and cubicle like associate seating. I also experienced a lot of turnover and instability under the new CEO.

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