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Davis Wright Cuts Associate Salaries

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

Greenberg Traurig Decimates New Associate Salaries

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

McKenna Long Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

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

WilmerHale Defers Start Dates, Offers $75,000

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

Winston & Strawn Defers Start Dates

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

Vinson & Elkins Defers Start Dates, Cuts Expenses

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

Law School to Allow Select Students to Apply Without LSATs

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

Tipster: Holme Roberts & Owen Deferring Incoming Associates

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

Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]

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

Shoosmiths Asks New Hires to Defer or Withdraw; No Compensation

British law firm Shoosmiths has asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any…

Shearman & Sterling Defers Start Dates

New York’s Shearman & Sterling will defer its 2009 associate class. From the memo: In light of current economic conditions…

Schweitzer Firm Offering Law Clerk Jobs to Students

Pasadena, California divorce and family law attorney Patrick Baghdaserians, of the Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer, has announced a…