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• US Summer Associate Programs Ranked

  Sep 16 2011 Vault.com has stepped up with a new ranking to put law firm summer associate programs in some kind of order. Thank goodness. This summer Vault surveyed around... more

• Summer Associate hiring in Washington remains steady

  Sep 06 2011 The summer associate recruitment process is well under way in Washington, where the largest law firms are hiring around the same number of summer associates as last... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Merit list: law firms that offered jobs to 100% of summer associates

  Aug 17 2011 Above The Law has posted a list of firms that have offered jobs to 100 per cent of summer associates, readying themselves to start naming and shaming those firms that... more

• US law schools seek the edge by pushing firms to recruit earlier

  Aug 12 2011 Law schools have been putting pressure on US law firms to begin recruitment in August, months ahead of the regular schedule, in order to give the edge to their... more

• Employment stats for US graduates are looking up

  Mar 17 2011 Employment statistics for entry level lawyers rose slightly in 2010, after dropping for two consecutuve years. The National Association of Law Placement says that... more

• Olswang defers trainees and cancels 2013 graduate recruitment

  Feb 11 2011 Olswang has announced that all new trainees are to be deferred, and has cancelled its London summer vacation scheme and 2013 graduate recruitment round. The... more

• Recruiters look beyond grades to find the right candidates

  Nov 11 2010 As the summer internship recruitment process draws to a close, hiring managers point to a shift in the mix of character traits and skills that define successful... more

• 2010 sees leaner US summer associate programs

  Oct 07 2010 2010 was another tough year for summer associates, with many firms reducing the size of their summer intake, cutting the length of their summer programs, or doing away... more

• Diversity outcomes sacrificed in tough economic climate

  Oct 01 2010 Diversity efforts by US law firms have stalled, according to new data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault.com. The 2009 summer intake had the... more

• Unpaid internships offered in Florida

  Aug 24 2010 Small and midsize firms in Florida have come up with a creative solution to their staffing problems by approaching law schools to recruit summer associates who would... more

• Good news for law students: New York summer programs expand

  Aug 11 2010 The New York Law Journal has published some good news for law school graduates. Columbia Law School has reported that their second-year students have secured 8 per... more

• 100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at Five BigLaw Firms

  Aug 03 2010 Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates: Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf ‘pauses’ summer program in three US offices

  Jul 28 2010 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced that its 2011 summer program will be ‘paused’ in Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston. The number of people affected by the decision is... more

• More bad news for law students and recent graduates

  Jun 28 2010 More bad news for law students and recent graduates, as experts predict that this year’s graduating class is likely to suffer even worse employment numbers than the... more

• CitiGroup Inc unwilling to pay for work by summer associates

  Jun 09 2010 Citigroup Inc has told its external lawyers that they will no longer for the labour provided by law students on summer associateship programs. The new policy is set to... more

• Fierce Competition for Law Students

  Mar 04 2010 Competition for summer associateships and graduate employment offers has become incredibly fierce, as firms slash their offer rates. According to a new report by... more

• Big U.S. law firms cut back on law school recruiting

  Sep 02 2009 U.S. law students are competing for about half as many openings at large law firms this year as last year. Several law firms have canceled on-campus interviews as... more

• Skadden to cut 2010 summer associates class by half

  Aug 25 2009 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is cutting the size of its summer associate class by half from 225 summer associates this year to only 100 next year in 2010.... more

• Paul Hastings says "no, thanks" to 25 percent of its summer associates

  Aug 19 2009 Paul Hastings intends to make offers to only 70 to 75 percent of its current summer class, according to legal blog Above the Law. Until now, about half of the... more

• Ballard Spahr next US law firm to axe 2010 summer associate program

  Jul 21 2009 Just one week after Morgan Lewis & Bockius cut its 2010 summer program, legal blog "Above the Law" reported that Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll had pulled out of... more

• Weil Gotshal defers start date for summer hires to 2012

  Jul 20 2009 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP offers summer law students the option to defer their full-time start dates from January 2011 until January 2012, reports Bloomberg. Summer... more

• Morgan Lewis cancels 2010 summer associate program

  Jul 15 2009 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of the few law firms that actually increased the number of people in its summer associate program in 2009, has completely canceled its... more

• Orrick delays start date for new associates

  Jul 10 2009 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is pushing back the start date for its current summer class to January 2012 and also delaying its on-campus recruiting season by several... more

• Weil pays most to associates for deferrals

  Mar 27 2009 According to blog Above the Law, if your start date has to be deferred or your summer associate programme cut short, at least work for Weil Gotshal. They are paying... more

• Five suggestions on how summer associates get offers

  Feb 06 2009 FindLaw columnist Julie Hilden has five tips for summer associates to maximize their chances of getting an offer, even in a very difficult economy: 1. Enlist an... more