♫ Summer dreams, ripped at the seams, but oh oh those summer nights… ♫ As any fan of the musical Grease can tell you, summers are the stuff of dreams. Not so if you’re a Morgan Lewis & Bockius summer associate this year. Tips coming from the Washington DC office originally indicated that the total number of offers [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
Skadden will hold its Summer associates program in 2010, but with less than half as many associates than in 2009. The firm had 225 summers this year, but will only have about 100 in 2010. No 2010 offers will be rescinded — if more than 100 associates accept their offers, they all will participate. As for the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
Loeb & Loeb, which laid off four corporate lawyers in July, has “suspended” its Summer associates program at its New York office. No program will be held in 2010, nor later until the firm announces otherwise. Loeb & Loeb says its associate recruitment will focus on attorneys who already have experience. Founded in 1909 in Los Angeles, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
San Francisco’s Howard Rice, which cut all associate salaries by 10% in June, is taking a one year break from its Summer associates program for 2010, despite an increase in business. This is after some law students had already won on-campus interview slots with the firm. The firm intends to resume the program for Summer 2011. Founded in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
Eckert Seamans, which laid off 90 temporary attorneys in July, has canceled its 2010 Summer associates program. Other than a terse announcement on its website, the firm has made no official statement. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC is a national full-service law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with two offices located in the Pittsburgh area and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Although Los Angeles’ Paul Hastings has not finished informing this year’s Summer associates which ones will get job offers, the firm is promising the 70% to 75% who are accepted that they will start in Fall 2010, and will not be deferred. Last year, the firm offered jobs to 90% if its Summer associates. Founded in LA [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2009
New Jersey’s McCarter & English has canceled its summer associates program for 2010. The firm has also deferred incoming associates to December, 2009. Founded in 1844, McCarter & English is the oldest and largest law firm based in New Jersey. It has over 400 lawyers in seven offices in the Northeastern United States. Headquartered Newark, the firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pillsbury has canceled its 2010 Summer associates programs for its West Coast offices. The firm currently intends to keep its Summer programs for New York, Houston and Washington DC. Pillsbury hosted 50 Summer associates in 2009. The 2010 class may be as few as 15. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is an international law firm with offices located throughout [...]
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 [...]
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