According to an internal memo leaked online, New York’s Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is making three offers to incoming associates. First, deferrals: …the start date for the incoming class…
The Loyola University Chicago School of Law is offering two programs for graduates who have been deferred by their law firms or are unable to secure a job offer. First,…
The Boston College Law School has joined other prominent law schools in offering assistance to graduates who have been deferred at law firms, or who have not received offers. According…
Georgetown University Law Center is offering its deferred 2009 JD grads, and those without offers, the chance of a public interest fellowship. The school is also offering on-campus jobs and…
According to online sources, St. Louis, Missouri-based Husch Blackwell has rolled back all starting salaries to 2007 levels. That will constitute cuts of between 5% and 10%. In March, the…
The New York University School of Law says it was the first law school in the country to host a career fair for deferred students and laid-off alumni. Earlier this…
Earlier this week we reported on the US News & World Report law school rankings for this year. Now it seems US News is reexamining some of the data provided…
Late last year, New York City’s Schulte Roth & Zabel laid off 30 lawyers. This week the firm asked 20 attorneys to update their CVs. The layoffs affected the corporate,…
Bingham McCutchen, which ousted 16 attorneys and 23 staff last month, has deferred its incoming associate class to January, 2010. Deferred associates will receive a standard $10,000 bar stipend and…
Kilpatrick Stockton has told its incoming associate class they have been deferred from September 2009 to April 2010. The deferrals are mandatory, but some departments will be given the leeway…
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Law firms of all sizes are being much more selective about who makes equity partner. Gone are the days where doing good work and putting in your time is enough to get you to a profit sharing level. Today, equity partners almost always have to prove that they can contribute their share to the firm. So what does this mean for associates and how can a two-tiered partnership track be beneficial? With a two-tiered partnership structure, associates get more time to prove themselves and also more time to determine whether partnership is the right goal for them. Two-tier partnerships (non-equity and equity) exist so the firm can train and develop associates into equity partners. The non-equity track to partner at most firms is on average, 6 years long. [...]
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