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Winstead Cancels 2009 Summer Program

Winstead Cancels 2009 Summer Program

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…

Consultant: Don’t Let Deferrals Make You Lazy

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 Defers Start Dates

Cravath Defers Start Dates

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…

Morgan Lewis Defers Summer Interns to 2011

Morgan Lewis Defers Summer Interns to 2011

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…

UC Law Students Benefit from DC Interships

UC Law Students Benefit from DC Interships

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…

Update: Latham Offering New Associates $75K to Take Year Off

Update: Latham Offering New Associates $75K to Take Year Off

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…

Marshall Gerstein Attorney Establishes LGBT Scholarship

Jeremy D. Protas, an attorney with the intellectual property law firm of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, has announced the establishment of a patent law scholarship specifically for LGBT (“lesbian,…

O’Melveny & Myers Delays Start Dates

O’Melveny & Myers, which yesterday laid off 90 attorneys and 110 staff positions, is delaying the start date for its new associate class. The new start date is December 2009.…

Cooley Godward Announces Diversity Fellowship

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 Hires Criminologist Joan Petersilia

Stanford Law Hires Criminologist Joan Petersilia

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…