Proskauer Rose, which in July deferred its current Summer associates to Fall 2011, is also deferring its deferred 2009 incoming associate class in New York. The associates, who had already…
Howrey, which laid off 25 staff in April, is adopting an “apprenticeship” program for its incoming associates, similar to that proposed by Drinker Biddle in May. Under Howrey’s Tier 1…
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…
Contrary to early online reports, global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has not announced pay cuts. In fact, at a firmwide video conference earlier today, president Peter Devlin said…
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…
London-based law firm LG, formerly Lawrence Graham LLP, will hire just nine members of its incoming trainee class of 21. One of the departures was voluntary. In April, the firm…
In March, London’s Allen & Overy announced it would retain only 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March 2010. Now the firm has added it will take on…
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded job offers to one-third of its 2009 incoming associate class.…
Reed Smith is decimating associate salaries, cutting pay 10% across the organization. From the memo: …Reed Smith has adopted many changes to our business in response to global economic conditions……
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