Nationwide Start Date Round-up: More Firms Join The List
Many law school graduates are preparing for an endless summer. Endless in that they won’t be starting work until well into the winter. At this point, the majority of firms are starting 2009 graduates in January 2010. There are some outliers though — some firms are starting new associates as early as September 2009, and some are offering them start dates as late as January 2011.
Here are a few of the latest additions to the deferred start dates list from the past week:
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After the jump, we’ve got a new round-up of start dates at firms nationwide, sorted two ways: alphabetically by firm name and chronologically by start date (per popular demand).
This list comes from a variety of sources, including tipsters, firm memos, and firm spokespeople. Still, we consider it an “unofficial” round-up. Feel free to send us corrections at tips@abovethelaw.com with the subject “Nationwide Start Date Watch.” We prefer e-mail to receiving tips in the comments.
We’re providing these start dates by firm name, and by date (thanks in part to the help of Breaking Media’s Winnie Liu). We’ve got the chronological listing first. Scroll down to see the alphabetical list.
Where noted, a stipend refers to a special deferral stipend amount, not “normal” stipends, loans, salary advances, or other extras, like bar exam fees. Many of you have asked us to note the firms that are not offering stipends. We have done so when we know so, but if you have more information for us, you know our e-mail: tips@abovethelaw.com.
START DATES, ORGANIZED BY DATE
Ed. note: Some firms appear on multiple dates, as they’ve offered a mix of dates and deferral options
2009
* Covington & Burling – Any Monday after the bar exam
* Irell & Manella – Any Monday after the bar exam, November at the latest
* Munger, Tolles & Olson – Any Monday after the bar exam
* Quinn Emanuel – Any Monday after the bar exam
SEPTEMBER 2009
* Akin Gump – September 14, 2009 for some Houston associates
* Allen & Overy
* Cleary – staggered options: September 14/ October 12/ November 9, 2009 or January 11, 2010
* Davis Polk – September 14, October 19, or November 16, 2009
* Debevoise – September 21, October 12, October 26, or November 16
* Linklaters
* McGuire Woods
* Paul Weiss
* Simpson Thacher & Bartlett – September 21, October 26, and November 30, 2009
* Sonnenschein
* Wachtell – September 14 or October 12, 2009; November 2, 2009 for clerks only
* Willkie Farr – September, October, or November, 2009
OCTOBER 2009
* Baker Hostetler
* Cadwalader – October 5, 2009
* Cravath – October 2009, November 2009 or January 2010
* Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
* Dechert – “Fall 2009”
* Faegre & Benson – October 2009, for some
* Jones Day
* Kramer Levin
* Skadden Arps
NOVEMBER 2009
* Arent Fox
* Baker Botts – Houston office
* Dorsey & Whitney
* Finnegan
* Gibson Dunn
* Hogan & Hartson
* Hunton & Williams – D.C. office
* Jenner & Block
* Morrison & Foerster – “at the earliest”
* Sidley Austin
* Sullivan & Cromwell
* Vinson & Elkins
* White & Case
DECEMBER 2009
* Latham & Watkins
* McDermott Will & Emory
* O’Melveny & Myers
* Shearman & Sterling – December 2009 “at the earliest”
* Snell & Wilmer, LLP – $5,000 stipend
JANUARY 2010
* Akin Gump – $10,000 stipend
* Alston & Bird – $10,000 stipend
* Andrews Kurth LLP – $10,000 stipend
* Baker & McKenzie – no stipend
* Bingham McCutchen – $10,000 stipend
* Blank Rome – “deferred until at least January 2010”
* Bryan Cave – $10,000 stipend
* Cahill Gordon
* Chadbourne & Parke
* Clifford Chance – $10,000 stipend
* Cooley Godward Kronish – $25,000 stipend, including bar stipend
* Dewey & LeBoeuf – $5,000 stipend
* DLA Piper – $10,000 stipend
* Faegre & Benson (Minneapolis) – $7,500 stipend
* Fried Frank – $10,000 stipend
* Fulbright & Jaworski
* Goodwin Procter
* Greenberg Traurig
* Holland & Knight
* Hunton & Williams
* K&L Gates
* King & Spalding
* LeClair Ryan
* Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell – no stipend
* Mayer Brown – $5,000 monthly stipend and subsidized medical benefits
* Milbank Tweed – $10,000 stipend
* Mintz Levin
* Nixon Peabody
* Orrick
* Paul Hastings – $10,000 stipend, optional health insurance coverage
* Pepper Hamilton
* Perkins Coie – $7,500 stipend
* Proskauer Rose – $10,000 stipend
* Quarles & Brady
* Ropes & Gray
* Schulte Roth & Zabel – $20,000 stipend
* Squire Sanders – $10,000 stipend
* Sutherland – $7,500 stipend
* Troutman Sanders – no stipend and no health insurance
* Venable
* Vinson & Elkins
* Weil Gotshal – $15,000 deferral stipend
* Wiley Rein
* WilmerHale – $10,000 stipend
* Wilson Sonsini – $10,000 stipend
* Winston and Strawn – $15,000 stipend + health insurance
FEBRUARY 2010
* Arent Fox – $5,000 stipend
* Buchanan Ingersoll
* Foley Lardner – $10,000 stipend
* Katten – $15,000 stipend
* Winstead
MARCH 2010
* Akin Gump – $15,000 stipend
* Dechert – $17,500 stipend
* Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
* Goldberg Kohn – “Indefinitely deferred,” March 2010 at the earliest
* Orrick
* Proskauer Rose – $20,000 stipend
* WilmerHale – $15,000 stipend
APRIL 2010
* Kilpatrick Stockton — $17,000 stipend
“FALL 2010”
* Dechert – $75,000 stipend
* Fried Frank – $70,000 stipend
* Schulte Roth & Zabel – $70,000 stipend with public interest work
* White & Case – $45,000 stipend, or a $75,000 stipend for some to pursue volunteer or community service
* WilmerHale – $75,000 stipend
SEPTEMBER 2010
* Ballard Spahr – $45,000 stipend
* Shearman & Sterling – $65,000 deferral stipend
OCTOBER 2010
* Clifford Chance – Stipend of $3,335-$5,000 per month
* Goodwin Procter – $60,000 stipend with pro bono work
* Holme, Roberts & Owen – A one time payment of $15,000; or $30,000 in installments, contingent on accepting a public interest job
* Latham & Watkins – $75,000 stipend
* Mayer Brown – “can defer up to Oct. 2010” with a $5,000 monthly stipend
* Morgan Lewis
* Sonnenschein – $5,000 stipend
* Wiley Rein – $5,000 monthly stipend
“WINTER 2010”
* Orrick – $60,000 “honorarium”
JANUARY 2011
* Proskauer Rose – $60,000 stipend with pro bono work
* Sonnenschein – $10,000 stipend
* Weil Gotshal – $75,000 stipend with public interest work
START DATES, ORGANIZED BY FIRM
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