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McGuireWoods Issues Offers for Summer Class

joshua — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:53:40 +0000

The weather has turned cold, the leaves are falling from the trees in bright shades of orange and red, pumpkins are in season so that must mean it’s time to get around to making offers to your summer class, or at least, some of your offers, right?

Well that’s what McGuireWoodsis doing this week. Long after most firms have broken the bad news for the year, McGuireWoods is making some offers to its summer class. Those that don’t receive offers in this wave, take heart – you’re on a waiting list and could receive offers later. It could be worse, you could be on your second deferral!

In other McGuireWoods news… Timothy Heaphy, a partner from the Washington DC office, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate last night as the new U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.

McGuire Woods is a 900-lawyer firm that has offices in 15 US cities including New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Chicago. It has existing international offices in Brussels and Almaty.

Fenwick & West Make Offers to Less Than Half its Summers

joshua — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:56:36 +0000

Earlier this week we told you that Fenwick & West paid several of its incoming associates to find work elsewhere. Today we have the numbers for this year’s crop of summer associates and like many other firms, the numbers aren’t pretty. The firm made offers to 17 of its 36 summer associates. The remaining 19 received a letter explaining that the rejections were due to tough economic times.

Fenwick & West LLP is a full service law firm focusing on technology and life sciences clients. It employs approximately 300 attorneys in 4 offices.

Schulte Roth Offers for Summer Associates

joshua — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:29:19 +0000

Schulte Roth ran an abbreviated eight week summer program this year, and back at the end of July announced they were not making any offers yet, but would get around to it eventually. Eventually arrived yesterday. Early reports indicate that approximately two-thirds of this years group received offers, but the firm has not confirmed that number. The firm has already announced that next year the summer program will be 11 weeks and that they anticipate having enough offers for every summer associate.

Schulte Roth & Zabel is one of the top 100 largest law firms by revenue. The firm was founded in New York City in 1969 and launched in London in 2002. The firm also has an office in Washington, DC. Schulte employs nearly 450 attorneys in its three offices.

No Offers… Yet… for Alston & Bird Summers

joshua — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:04:55 +0000

The ides of September are nearly upon us, and Alston & Bird still haven’t decided who they want to keep. Not to worry, says the firm, offers are forthcoming, just as soon as they get it all figured out. The firm has decided to coordinate offers as a firm this year, but decision are being made office by office and not every office has finalized its decision. I sure hope someone at Alston & Bird gave the summers an explanation that needs a little less parsing than that…

Alston & Bird is an Atlanta based firm with 900 attorneys in 9 domestic offices.

Two-Thirds of Drinker Biddle Summers Get Offers

joshua — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:26:05 +0000

In a year marked by layoffs, deferred start dates and low offer rates, this almost sounds like good news. Drinker Biddle made offers to 25 out of 37 summer associates, firm wide. While it’s certainly better than we’ve seen from some firms this year, it’s still a step back from last year when Drinker Biddle had a larger summer class and a higher offer rate. The firm is not deferring incoming associates but they are starting them out with a six month training program at a reduced salary.

Drinker Biddle was founded in 1849 in Philadelphia, and has 12 offices nationwide with over 650 attorneys today.