Winstead PC, a Texas law firm with seven offices, has canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The Am Law 200 firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are…
If you’re an incoming first year associate and your start date has been deferred, use this time to impress your new firm. That’s the advice of Judith Germain of UK…
Cravath, Swaine & Moore is deferring start dates for incoming first-years. New associates will have the choice of beginning work in October, November or January. The start dates are available…
When Morgan Lewis announced yesterday that it is laying off 216 people, it also announced deferred start dates: We will continue to take other steps to manage our expenses, including…
Two top California law schools have created a DC internship program to expose law students to the intricacies of law- and policy-making. The for-credit UCDC Law Program brings students to…
Latham & Watkins is offering incoming lawyers $75,000 to take a year off. The firm, which fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff last week, is pushing back the start date…
Cooley Godward Kronish, which previously announced a cyberlaw fellowship, has announced a new diversity fellowship for 1Ls: As part of Cooley Godward Kronish’s ongoing commitment to recruiting, developing and retaining…
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of criminologist Joan Petersilia as Professor of Law. Petersilia has spent more than 25 years studying the performance of U.S. criminal justice agencies…
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