Law Students

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…

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

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

Volunteer Lawyers for Justice is holding a job fair next week for deferred associates who want public interest jobs in…

Clifford Chance, which just announced layoffs of 24 New York associates, has announced an associate pay freeze, with the firm…

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is recruiting recent law school graduates for its Global Operations Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The…

Skadden, which on Friday laid off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys and 50 support staffers, is introducing a litigation…

Fried Frank laid off 99 employees, lawyers and staff, today. Effective today, we are implementing changes that will result in…

Faced with taking in only half its incoming class this year while cutting costs, Scotland's McClure Naismith pulled the names…

Yesterday, Edwards Angell announced the layoffs of 25 lawyers and 35 staff, or 15% of the firm’s workforce. Today the…

Squire Sanders, which recently pushed back incoming associate start dates to January, 2010, has informed last year's 1Ls they are…

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced it is deferring its incoming associates' start dates to January 2010, and is asking…