The incoming class of associates at Mayer Brown is scheduled to begin work in January after being deferred back in April. Later that same month the firm offered voluntary extension to October of 2010 with a $5000 per month stipend plus benefits, along with assistance securing public service experience in the meantime. Now [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 28, 2009
New associates at Sidley Austin are being deferred starting early this year in the Washington DC office. New associates are being given the option to begin after Labor Day to fulfill needs in certain practice groups. Associates in other offices have been offered voluntary deferrals and will begin working mid November. Sidley Austin is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
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 offered a voluntary deferral option. Anyone willing to defer to Fall 2010 will get an $80,000 stipend, health care, $1,000 a month in student loan repayment, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 18, 2009
London’s Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, which recently opened a fifth office in Manchester, has asked half of its September 2009 incoming trainee class to delay joining the firm for six months, in return for a no-strings-attached cash payment of £2,500 ($3,800). The firm is also cutting the size of its summer program. Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 8, 2009
Sidley Austin is offering its incoming associates an optional deferral plan. The “Pro Bono Assistance Program” offers a $75,000 stipend to associates who defer to January 2011, and do public interest work in the meantime. The New York office is offering the plan to up to 20 new grads. In March, the firm cut nine lawyers and 140 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes. The 750-attorney firm will pay a stipend of £7,500 ($10,872). Deferred trainees will not be required to accept public interest fellowships. The firm is offering its employees two extra weeks off each year, in exchange for a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Boston’s Goodwin Procter is deferring start dates for 60 members of its 125-person incoming associate class. Half will be pushed back to January 2010, the rest to October 2010. At this time, the deferrals are voluntary. Under what the firm is calling its “Make a Difference” program, the firm will help associates find year-long positions with non-profits, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
London’s Linklaters has pushed back its trainee start dates for September 2009 and March 2010, offering future trainees £10,000 to go away for one year. The firm will select 15 incoming associates for the deferral program. Associates due to start in September 2009 who take a 12 month deferral will get the 10 grand. Associates due to [...]
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