Loeb & Loeb, which laid off four corporate lawyers in July, has “suspended” its Summer associates program at its New York office. No program will be held in 2010, nor later until the firm announces otherwise. Loeb & Loeb says its associate recruitment will focus on attorneys who already have experience. Founded in 1909 in Los Angeles, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
San Francisco’s Howard Rice, which cut all associate salaries by 10% in June, is taking a one year break from its Summer associates program for 2010, despite an increase in business. This is after some law students had already won on-campus interview slots with the firm. The firm intends to resume the program for Summer 2011. Founded in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
Eckert Seamans, which laid off 90 temporary attorneys in July, has canceled its 2010 Summer associates program. Other than a terse announcement on its website, the firm has made no official statement. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC is a national full-service law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with two offices located in the Pittsburgh area and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2009
New Jersey’s McCarter & English has canceled its summer associates program for 2010. The firm has also deferred incoming associates to December, 2009. Founded in 1844, McCarter & English is the oldest and largest law firm based in New Jersey. It has over 400 lawyers in seven offices in the Northeastern United States. Headquartered Newark, the firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pillsbury has canceled its 2010 Summer associates programs for its West Coast offices. The firm currently intends to keep its Summer programs for New York, Houston and Washington DC. Pillsbury hosted 50 Summer associates in 2009. The 2010 class may be as few as 15. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is an international law firm with offices located throughout [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady has “suspended” its 2010 Summer Associate Program, citing its commitment to hire its new 2009 associates class, which has been deferred to January 2010. Quarles & Brady LLP is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to the National Law Journal’s 2007 rankings, it was the 90th largest law firm in the United States, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dorsey & Whitney, which in June laid off 55 staff members and cut associate salaries, has canceled its 2010 Summer Associate programs, except at the firm’s Minneapolis, Minnesota headquarters. The firm claims the cancellations are not to save money. Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a large law firm, with close to 700 lawyers and 850 staff, located [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Seyfarth Shaw, which laid off 50 people in May, has announced it will not host a Summer associate program in 2010. The firm stressed that the cancellation is a one-time decision, and is not permanent. It will also continue to hire from law schools. Last year’s Summers will start in either January or October 2010, and this [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
Citigroup, whose “CitiSelect” initiative operates much like a typical Biglaw summer associates program, has canceled the program for 2010, and will not be holding on-campus interviews. The program prepares 2Ls for a career as in-house council. Compensation is similar to that offered at Biglaw firms. Citigroup is a major American financial services company based in New York, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 20, 2009
Squire Sanders has decided not to plan a 2010 Summer associate program, although the firm intends to reevaluate its hiring situation in the Spring. This on the same day that Thompson Hine and Ballard Spahr notified law schools that they have canceled their 2010 Summer associate programs. The firm is still accepting resumes, which may be evaluated [...]
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