Back in December, one of our ATL / Lateral Link surveys found that about 18% of associates were afraid they wouldn’t make their hours. By June, that number had risen to 28%.
In today’s survey, we’ll see if anything has changed now that a horde of new associates have started and a horde of financial institutions have, well, ended.
Many of you have sounded pretty worried lately. After Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch collapsed, transactional associates said they had a few simple concerns:
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It’s the end of the world.
Litigators, however, had a slightly different reaction:
I’m in litigation!!
So, does the reality match the predictions? Are transactional associates even slower? Are litigators really getting busy?
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Let’s find out.
Update: This survey is now closed. Click here for the results.
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Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of this Associate Life Survey.