Pinsent Masons, which is in the midst of a redundancy consultation, has asked 25% of its incoming trainees to defer their start dates. If you have any additional information about…
The 2009 Summer Associate Program at Skadden has begun. And the 3Ls have been warned that, if they get an offer to join Skadden, they won’t be starting in 2010…
Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes. The 750-attorney firm will pay a stipend of £7,500 ($10,872).…
Mayer Brown announced at the beginning of April that it was deferring most incoming associates to January, 2010, with a deferral stipend of $5,000 per month. Now the firm has…
Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported two weeks ago that the firm laid off 124 people.…
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,…
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…
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced it is deferring its incoming associates’ start dates to January 2010, and is asking new hires to voluntarily wait until 2011. Weil is also…
Dewey & LeBoeuf has shut offices and cut pay. Now the firm has deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming class to January, 2010. The firm is offering deferred associates…
Chicago’s Goldberg Kohn has cut about one-quarter of its associates, and will slash pay and scale back its summer associate program. The firm dismissed nine associates and 14 support staff,…
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