Career Center: All the Leaves are Falling...(Plus a list of September's hot law firms.)


Which firms were the “hottest” firms for September — i.e., the firms whose profiles were most visited on the ATL Career Center, powered by Lateral Link? These were the top five:
1. This firm, based in D.C., “lives up to its reputation for being a lifestyle firm.”
2. This firm, also with a sizable D.C. presence, offers its lawyers “immediate substantive responsibility” on “high-stakes” matters.
3. This firm has a top-flight sports law practice, with clients including Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association.
4. This firm has a definite international bent, with more than half of its clients located abroad.
5. This firm, a litigation powerhouse, boasts an “eclectic group” of attorneys, with a “mix of personalities.”
The Career Center is constantly being updated with responses from users and the latest news from the legal markets. Unlike many other resources, it’s dynamic, not static.
Some recent highlights from the Career Center’s firm snapshots, after the jump.


Autumn is usually the season when new associates start their legal careers at firms across the country.  Well-rested after their bar trips, the newbies are primed to bill thousands of hours in memo writing, due diligence and doc review.  But this October, with many firms deferring start dates into 2010 and beyond, it’s not just leaves that are falling – the number of new associates at law firms is the lowest it has been in years.  
Yet even as many firms report shockingly low offer rates for 2009 summer associates and others scale back or cancel their 2010 summer programs, there are some signs that the autumn gloom won’t last forever.  Click here to see which firm is boosting its 2010 summer program from 8 to 11 weeks and click here to see which firm had a 100% offer rate for its 2009 summer associate class.
The ATL Career Center, powered by Lateral Link , has the most up-to-date information on ever-changing start dates, deferral stipends and walk-away offers at dozens of Big Law firms across the country.  Use the Career Center’s firm snapshots and comparison tool to find out what associates at the firm that has had two major rounds of layoffs in 2009 think about their partnership prospects and to learn what the future holds for lockstep compensation at these two major national firms.
As always, we encourage you to send information about your law firm experience to careercenter@abovethelaw.com.
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