Sources on the blawgosphere report that Seattle’s Davis Wright Tremaine has cut associate salaries by 5%. The cut affects all class years. Davis Wright is also pushing back start dates…
Greenberg Traurig is cutting the salaries of its summer and first year associates by 10%. First year associate start dates may be delayed. Associates will start between September and January,…
McKenna Long & Aldridge is cutting starting salaries for entering first-year associates by $20,000. In 2007, McKenna moved to a merit-based promotion system. An associate’s compensation & billing rates are…
According to a study by Legal Week Intelligence, the percentage of UK law students planning a non-legal career has fallen over the last two years. The global economic meltdown has…
WilmerHale is deferring start dates for its 2009 associate class. Some associates will be deferred to January 20th, 2010, and others to March 17th of that year. January associates will…
According to online sources, Winston & Strawn has pushed back 2009 incoming associate start dates to January 19th, 2010. Deferred associates will receive an additional $15,000, in addition to their…
Houston’s Vinson & Elkins has notified incoming associates that they must choose a new start date of November 2nd, 2009, or January 4th, 2010. The firm is asking new associates…
The University of Alabama School of Law will allow a select group of Honors College students to apply without providing results from the Law School Admissions Test. The Tuscaloosa-based law…
According to a JDJournal tipster, Denver-based international law firm Holme Roberts & Owen is deferring its entire incoming class of associates for 12 months. Our tipster reports: 3Ls were informed…
![Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F03%2Fwinstead_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]")
Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are left without summer…
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