DLA Piper is deferring its current summer associates to January 2011 at least, and will offer a voluntary deferral to January 2012.
The firm still intends to have a Summer 2010 class, with recruiting beginning in November 2009.
The 2008 Summer class was previously deferred from October 2009 to January 2010 and Fall 2010, with a $60,000 public interest fellowship offered.
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