Last month, we did a round-up of start dates for 2009 associates. Reflecting the slowdown in work at firms across the country, many firms have pushed back start dates for new associates into next year.
After that post, we heard from many of you going to firms not included in the list the first time around. We’ve made quite a few new additions to the list, after the jump.
Some law students are e-mailing us because they still don’t know when they will start and are reporting little communication from their firms. Firms, the message 3Ls want to send to you is, “Please communicate. We’re freaking out.” 3Ls, the message ATL wants to send to you, “Try not to freak out.”
Many law school graduates with Biglaw offers will have many months to kill before starting their new jobs. Let us know how you’ll be spending your time, in the comments. And check out the list of start dates, after the jump.
This list is predominantly based on reports from tipsters, and so we consider it an “unofficial” round-up. Feel free to send us corrections at tips@abovethelaw.com with the subject “Nationwide Start Date Watch.”
Akin Gump – March 2010
Alston & Bird – January 19, 2010 ($10,000 stipend)
Arent Fox – November 1, 2009 for some; February 1, 2010 for others (Unspecified stipend amount)
Ballard Spahr – September 2010 ($45,000 stipend)
Baker Hostetler – October 15, 2009
Cadwalader – October 5, 2009
Cleary – staggered options: September 14/ October 12/ November 9, 2009 or January 11, 2010
Clifford Chance – 20 incoming associates will start in January 2010 ($10,000 stipend); About 30 others will start in October 2010 (stipend of $3,335-$5,000 per month).
Chadbourne & Parke – January 2010
Cravath – October 2009, November 2009 or January 2010
Debevoise – 2009, baby! September 21, October 12, October 26, or November 16
Dechert – October 5, 2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf – January 11, 2010 ($5,000 stipend)
Dorsey & Whitney – November 30, 2009
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge – March 1, 2010
Foley and Lardner – September 7th, 2009 (Boston office)
Fried Frank – January 28, 2010 ($10,000 stipend); Fall 2010 ($70,000 stipend)
Fulbright & Jaworski – January 11, 2010
Goldberg Kohn – “Indefinitely deferred,” March 2010 at the earliest
Greenberg Traurig – January 2010
Hogan & Hartson – November 30, 2009
Holland & Knight – January 11, 2010
Irell & Manella – As early as the week after the bar exam; November 1, 2009 at the latest
Jenner & Block – November 2009 (Chicago office)
Latham – December 2009; October 2010 ($75,000 stipend)
McDermott Will & Emory – December 1, 2009
Milbank Tweed – January 25, 2010 ($10,000 stipend)
Morgan Lewis – October 2010
Morrison & Foerster – November 2, 2009 will be the earliest start date
O’Melveny & Myers – December 2009
Nixon Peabody – January 2010
Paul Hastings – October 12, 2009
Perkins Coie – January 4, 2010 ($7,500 stipend)
Quarles & Brady – January 2010
Ropes & Gray – January 2010
Shearman & Sterling – December 2009 at the earliest, or September 2010 with a $65,000 deferral stipend
Skadden – October 2009
Squire Sanders – January 19, 2010
Venable – January 2010
Wachtell – September 14 or October 12, 2009; November 2, 2009 for clerks only
Weil Gotshal – January 2010 ($15,000 deferral stipend); January 2011 for others ($75,000 stipend)
White & Case – November 2009 for 40% of new associates; 2010 for the rest (with a $45,000 stipend, or a $75,000 stipend if they pursue volunteer or community service during the deferral period)
Willkie Farr – September, October, or November, 2009
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