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Ropes & Gray Offers Summers a $60K Fellowship

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

DLA Piper is deferring its current summer associates to January 2011 at least, and will offer a voluntary deferral to…

Citigroup, whose "CitiSelect" initiative operates much like a typical Biglaw summer associates program, has canceled the program for 2010, and…

The University of California has announced a furloughs scheme beginning in September, affecting faculty at law schools, amongst others. The…

At its San Francisco and Silicon Valley locations, law firm Quinn Emanuel is deferring half its incoming first year class…

New York City’s Schulte Roth & Zabel, which in April laid off 20 attorneys and deferred 2009 associates to 2010,…

Squire Sanders has decided not to plan a 2010 Summer associate program, although the firm intends to reevaluate its hiring…

On the same day that Ballard Spahr and Squire Sanders made similar announcements, Thompson Hine has decided to cancel its…

Ballard Spahr has followed the example made by Morgan Lewis last week, and canceled its 2010 Summer Program. The firm…

White & Case has announced that Summer 2009 associates who are offered positions with the firm will not start until…

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

Charlotte, North Carolina's Poyner Spruill has brought on three Summer associates. Hilary St. Louis received her BA from North Carolina…