New Jersey Offering Unpaid Work to Unemployed Lawyers
New Jersey state Attorney General Anne Milgram's new Volunteer Associates in Public Service Program will offer unemployed lawyers part-time work…
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Hogan & Hartson Defers Summer Associates to 2011
Hogan & Hartson, which laid off 30 senior associates last week, is deferring start dates for its current summer associates…
Morgan Lewis Cancels 2010 Summer Associate Program
Morgan Lewis has announced a series of steps designed to save cash, including the complete cancellation of its 2010 Summer…
ACLU: Indiana Law Examiners Can’t Ask About Mental Illness
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has launched a class action lawsuit against the Indiana Board of Law Examiners,…
Orrick Defers Summer Associate Offers to 2012
San Francisco’s Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, has informed its 2009 summers associates that any job offers…
University of Illinois Law “Jobs-for-Entry” Scheme Revealed [Update]
The Chicago Tribune has uncovered a "jobs-for-entry" scandal at the University of Illinois College of Law, in which the law…
Ropes & Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011
Boston-based Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to "no…
Blank Rome Cuts Starting Associate Salaries
Blank Rome is cutting starting salaries for incoming associates. The rundown is as follows: New York City: $145,000, down from…
University of Miami Law to Defer Incoming Students
For months now, Biglaw firms have been offering voluntary, or imposing involuntary, deferral schemes on incoming associates. Now a law…
Study: Growing Pay Gap for Associates
A study by the National Association for Law Placement, or NALP, shows a widening disparity in law firm associate salaries,…
Pillsbury Associates Still Waiting to Hear About Deferals
Pillsbury has missed its own deadline to inform 22 of its 54 incoming associates that they will be deferred again,…
Harvard Law Loses 12 Staff
The other day, we reported about layoffs at Harvard Law School. We now know that 12 staffers were let go…