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DLA Piper Defers Incoming Associates

DLA Piper is deferring start dates for incoming associates to January, 2010. All deferred associates will get a $10,000 stipend…

Boston’s Goodwin Procter is deferring start dates for 60 members of its 125-person incoming associate class. Half will be pushed…

Northwestern University Law School will allow deferred graduates to postpone their monthly student loan payments until they start working. The…

Sources on the blawgosphere report that Seattle's Davis Wright Tremaine has cut associate salaries by 5%. The cut affects all…

Greenberg Traurig is cutting the salaries of its summer and first year associates by 10%. First year associate start dates…

McKenna Long & Aldridge is cutting starting salaries for entering first-year associates by $20,000. In 2007, McKenna moved to a…

WilmerHale is deferring start dates for its 2009 associate class. Some associates will be deferred to January 20th, 2010, and…

According to online sources, Winston & Strawn has pushed back 2009 incoming associate start dates to January 19th, 2010. Deferred…

Houston's Vinson & Elkins has notified incoming associates that they must choose a new start date of November 2nd, 2009,…

The University of Alabama School of Law will allow a select group of Honors College students to apply without providing…

According to a JDJournal tipster, Denver-based international law firm Holme Roberts & Owen is deferring its entire incoming class of…

Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering…