Diversity efforts by US law firms have stalled, according to new data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault.com. The 2009 summer intake had the lowest percentage of minority students in three…
Small and midsize firms in Florida have come up with a creative solution to their staffing problems by approaching law schools to recruit summer associates who would be willing to work for free. According to reports,…
The New York Law Journal has published some good news for law school graduates. Columbia Law School has reported that their second-year students have secured 8 per cent more interviews than last year. The summer…
Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates:
Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its offices.
Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced that its 2011 summer program will be ‘paused’ in Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston. The number of people affected by the decision is relatively…
More bad news for law students and recent graduates, as experts predict that this year’s graduating class is likely to suffer even worse employment numbers than the class before it. Jim Leipold, executive director…
Citigroup Inc has told its external lawyers that they will no longer for the labour provided by law students on summer associateship programs. The new policy is set to come into effect on 1 July. The fees paid by the…
Competition for summer associateships and graduate employment offers has become incredibly fierce, as firms slash their offer rates. According to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement…
U.S. law students are competing for about half as many openings at large law firms this year as last year. Several law firms have canceled on-campus interviews as recruiting budgets have been cut. Skadden Arps Slate…
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is cutting the size of its summer associate class by half from 225 summer associates this year to only 100 next year in 2010. Skadden is also adjusting its recruitment strategy…
Paul Hastings intends to make offers to only 70 to 75 percent of its current summer class, according to legal blog Above the Law. Until now, about half of the current summer class has received an offer to return to…
Just one week after Morgan Lewis & Bockius cut its 2010 summer program, legal blog "Above the Law" reported that
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP offers summer law students the option to defer their full-time start dates from January 2011 until January 2012, reports Bloomberg. Summer hires who get a job offer and defer the start date…
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of the few law firms that actually increased the number of people in its summer associate program in 2009, has completely canceled its 2010 program. The news comes after fhe firm informed…
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is pushing back the start date for its current summer class to January 2012 and also delaying its on-campus recruiting season by several months. Orrick on-campus hiring partner Stephen…