DLA Piper to Keep Only 35% of Incoming Trainees
The UK offices of DLA Piper have cut incoming trainees from their intakes of newly-qualified lawyers. The firm will only…
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Governator May Eliminate State Funding for Hastings Law School
California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting almost all state funding for the Hastings College of the Law, California's…
New York Law Firms Slash Summer Classes
The New York Law Journal has published its annual survey of summer class sizes at New York Biglaw firms. Latham…
Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees
London's Freshfields will only hire 70% of its September 2009 trainees. Fourteen of the class of 48 trainees set to…
McDermott Will & Emery Reduces Summer Associate Pay
McDermott Will & Emery has cut pay for its summer associates to $135,000, down from the Biglaw standard $160,000. McDermott…
AgnewBrusavich Awards Scholarships
Torrance, California-based personal injury law firm AgnewBrusavich has awarded 27 scholarships to seniors from 16 local high schools. The firm…
Swine Flu Outbreak at Mayer Brown Chicago
Here's a story that no legal blog is going to pass up: Mayer Brown has confirmed a possible swine flu…
Philadelphia Bar Announces Diversity Scholarships
The Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association will award its Diversity Scholarships to five local law students at…
UC Irvine Law Gets $2 Million for Environmental Law Clinic
The University of California, Irvine School of Law has received a $2 million grant to start an Environmental Law Clinic,…
Columbia Law School Announces Social Justice Fellowships
Columbia Law School has announced its Social Justice Pathways Fellowship program, which is basically equivalent to the kinds of public…
Allen & Overy to Reduce Incoming Associate Class Sizes
In March, London’s Allen & Overy announced it would retain only 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March…
Fish & Richardson to Rescind Incoming Associate Job Offers
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded…