public interest fellowships

Mintz Levin Defers Start Dates — Again

Boston’s Mintz Levin, which cut associate salaries this month, is deferring start dates for members of its incoming 2009 associates…

New York’s Proskauer Rose, which in March laid off 23 attorneys, is deferring its current Summer associates to Fall 2011.…

Ropes & Gray, which in July deferred its 2009 summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011," is offering those…

Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced in March that it was deferring its incoming associates’ start dates to January 2010, and…

San Francisco’s Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, has informed its 2009 summers associates that any job offers…

Boston-based Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to "no…

Pillsbury has missed its own deadline to inform 22 of its 54 incoming associates that they will be deferred again,…

DLA Piper is making major changes to its associate program, including further deferrals of associates who were deferred back in…

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Committee on Judicial Ethics has signed off on a proposal that would allow deferred law-firm…

Connecticut's Shipman & Goodwin, which cut 26 jobs in April, is deferring three of its eight incoming associates. The three…

McDermott Will & Emery, which last week cut pay for its summer associates, announced today it has laid off 25…

When Mayer Brown laid off 45 lawyers and 90 staff in April, it promised "placement opportunities with pro bono organizations…