Ropes & Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011

Boston-based Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011.”

It is encouraging those deferred to find a public interest fellowship or a clerkship.

There has been no mention of stipends.

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