There will be a $45,000 stipend offered, in addition to the usual $5,000 bar stipend. There will also be a $5,500 health benefit stipend offered.
The firm says it will try to help the incoming associates find jobs. They must find a job to get the money.
In January Ballard Spahr laid off as many as 65 people.
Ballard Spahr employs more than 550 lawyers in twelve offices located throughout the mid-Atlantic corridor and the western US.