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 offers, and there has so far been no mention of stipends or fellowships. The firm deferred its 2009 incoming associates class to March 2010 with a $20,000 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ropes & Gray, which in July deferred its 2009 summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011,” is offering those associates a public interest fellowship worth $60,000. The firm would not confirm rumors that every single one of its current summers was offered a job, but said there would be a “very high offer rate.” In addition [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
DLA Piper is deferring its current summer associates to January 2011 at least, and will offer a voluntary deferral to January 2012. The firm still intends to have a Summer 2010 class, with recruiting beginning in November 2009. The 2008 Summer class was previously deferred from October 2009 to January 2010 and Fall 2010, with a $60,000 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced in March that it was deferring its incoming associates’ start dates to January 2010, and is asking new hires to voluntarily wait until 2011. Today the firm told its current summer associates that, if offered a job, they can voluntarily defer their start date from January 2011 to January 2012. Those deferred [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Hogan & Hartson, which laid off 30 senior associates last week, is deferring start dates for its current summer associates class to 2011. Summer associates in Washington DC and Virginia have been informed of the deferrals. Other offices have not yet decided about deferrals. No other details have been released. If you know anything about deferrals at [...]
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Friday, July 31, 2009
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