Chris Beals Quotations

You hear people say that Philadelphia doesn't have corporate or banking work. The fact is that I don't think most law students really understand what banking work really is, let alone whether a firm has a good practice. And I do think Philadelphia firms need to be more clear about the sophistication level of the work they do because there are a lot of misconceptions.

The perception is that Philadelphia firms come in with a chip on their shoulder and have this 'why Philadelphia?' mentality. I was told by more senior students not to tell them that I was interviewing in other cities. I think at one firm it really hurt me when I mentioned it. I know a lot of people leave those interviews frustrated that they have to prove their allegiance, and they don't want to work at those firms.

I definitely think the last two years were trials that made us stronger.

I can remember against Bloom-Carroll last year being at the line up by one and I missed the front end of a one-and-one. That kind of went through my mind.