US law firms delay start dates for associates until 2010, 2011

Many top law firms have delayed start dates for first-year associates until January 2010, September 2010 or - like Morrison & Foerster - as late as January 2011. The deferral strategies represent an effort by firms to keep their word to recruits, to preserve their reputations at law schools and to maintain a stockpile of new talent should the economy rapidly rebound, writes The National Law Journal.

US law firms delay start dates for associates until 2010, 2011 law.com Tue, May 12, 2009