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…
In what is undoubtedly going to be a major trend, Frisco law firm Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold is the first prominent firm to announce that it has entirely canceled…
In March, Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders said layoffs were likely. Now legal industry news sites have noticed that 28 names have mysteriously disappeared from the firm’s roster of attorneys on its…
Chicago’s Chapman and Cutler is taking steps to reduce costs, including laying off an undisclosed number of “underperforming” lawyers, and possibly cutting salaries. The firm has canceled its traditional May…
Chicago’s Schiff Hardin has announced it is taking steps to cut costs, in the hope of avoiding further layoffs. From the memo, signed by managing partner Ronald S. Safer: I…
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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…
Robinson & Cole has laid off 30 people today. …Robinson & Cole has eliminated 11 counsel and associate attorneys, and 19 support staff positions. These cutbacks are taking place among…
Squire Sanders, which recently pushed back incoming associate start dates to January, 2010, has informed last year’s 1Ls they are not being invited back this summer. Some 2Ls may still…
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…
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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