Pros
Great place to work when your attorneys are helpful -- every practice has its own quirks. Paralegals must go to training once a year which can be helpful. Depending on your supervisor, you can get some great feedback. Great coffee in the break room. Seminars with free lunch. Colleagues are great.
Cons
Firm is very political. Health benefits are not that great. Salary and raises are not that great -- they will justify not giving you a good raise by telling you the firm did not have a good year. Negotiate a higher salary from the beginning because you definitely will not get high percentage raises no matter how great you are. Be weary, they will start you much less than the region average for your position. They monitor your billable hours like a hawk -- if you don't meet them, they think something is wrong with you. They will try to push practice areas that you are not knowledgable in and expect you to figure it out without proper training. Overtime is a big no no.