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Winston & Strawn Pushes Back Start Dates for Deferred Associates

Winston & Strawn Pushes Back Start Dates for Deferred Associates

Winston & Strawn’s class of 2009 associates were deferred back in April, and were scheduled to begin mid January of 2010. Now the firm has pushed those start dates back…

More Deferrals at Foley & Lardner

More Deferrals at Foley & Lardner

Earlier this month tipsters alerted us to layoffs at Foley & Lardner, which the firm later confirmed. Like many firms, Foley & Lardner deferred its incoming associate class, but now…

Mintz Levin Defers Start Dates — Again

Mintz Levin Defers Start Dates — Again

Boston’s Mintz Levin, which cut associate salaries this month, is deferring start dates for members of its incoming 2009 associates class, again. Half the 2009 class will start in April…

Proskauer Rose Defers Summers to Fall 2011

Proskauer Rose Defers Summers to Fall 2011

New York’s Proskauer Rose, which in March laid off 23 attorneys, is deferring its current Summer associates to Fall 2011. Proskauer has not announced how many Summers will get job…

University of Miami Law to Defer Incoming Students

University of Miami Law to Defer Incoming Students

For months now, Biglaw firms have been offering voluntary, or imposing involuntary, deferral schemes on incoming associates. Now a law school had jumped on the bandwagon. The University of Miami…

Rumor: Cravath Holds Stealth Layoffs, Cuts 25 Associates

Rumor: Cravath Holds Stealth Layoffs, Cuts 25 Associates

Blawgs are reporting that Cravath has been holding stealth layoffs of associates since December 2008, letting 25 lawyers go for “performance” reasons. According to online sources, more layoffs are expected…

Cravath Defers 2010 Associate Class to 2011; Offers Sweet Deferal Option to 2009ers

Cravath Defers 2010 Associate Class to 2011; Offers Sweet Deferal Option to 2009ers

Cravath, which in March deferred its 150-member incoming associate class to October or November 2009 or January 2010, has some more deferring to do. First: the 2009 class is being…

Shearman & Sterling Announces Start Dates

Shearman & Sterling Announces Start Dates

In April, New York’s Shearman & Sterling deferred its 2009 associate class. Incoming associates were offered a stipend to defer to 2010. Now the firm has finally announced internally the…

Wiggin and Dana Defers Incoming Associates to February 2010

Wiggin and Dana Defers Incoming Associates to February 2010

Wiggin and Dana, which in March laid off 14 attorneys and 14 staff, has deferred its incoming associates to February 2010. Those deferred have been offered a stipend, although the…

Fish & Richardson to Rescind Incoming Associate Job Offers

Fish & Richardson to Rescind Incoming Associate Job Offers

Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded job offers to one-third of its 2009 incoming associate class.…

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