This latest bit of associate pay raise news is not particularly new. It was conveyed last week, via hard copy letter (in envelopes marked "professional and confidential").

But we never met a pay raise announcement we didn't like, so we'll pass it along. Foley & Lardner -- which, by the way, recently announced its new partnership class -- has raised the salaries of its non-IP associates in the Milwaukee, Miami, and Detroit offices.

Numbers and tables, after the jump.

Yesterday we posted an open thread on law firms that screw over no-offer lots of their summer associates. This post is about the flip-side: firms that dole out summer associate bonuses.

This topic has been raised by two tipsters, in two different contexts. First, this tipster reports on two firms that pay bonuses to summer associates, regardless of whether you previously summered with them:

I'm just starting to get offers, as callbacks are rolling along. I have offers from Baker Botts and Fulbright & Jaworski, both in Dallas -- and both are offering a week's pay ($3077 and $2700, respectively) as a bonus! Baker pays out on the start date, and Fulbright pays if you spend the first half with them.

And from a second source, news of bonuses paid to 1L summers who return to the same firm:

I received an offer to come back for a second summer at Foley & Lardner... with a catch: If I come back for the whole summer, and do not split or spend time anywhere else, I receive a $5,000 bonus. The bonus pays out when I accept this fall, not next summer. I have no idea if all the offices do this, but I should add that I am not at all in a major market.

Interesting. Are you aware of other firms that either (1) pay bonuses to summer associates or (2) pay bonuses to 1L summer associates who return for a second summer (and don't split)? Please discuss, in the comments. Thanks.

Earlier: Fall Recruiting Open Thread: No-Offer Factories

A tipster sent us this article, with a special request for our ongoing series on law firm perks:

"How about a story on REAL perks? It's football season, and Foley & Lardner has a suite at Camp Randall, home of the No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers."

"Can we compare the perks at The Garden, Fenway, Yankee Stadium?"

You can get tickets to sporting events from your friends at the printers. Or you can pay for them out of your ample salary (if you're in Biglaw).

But what firms, in addition to Foley & Lardner, have suites at stadiums, or season tickets to top sports teams? And if your firm does have these perks, how can you avail yourself of them?

Please discuss this subject in the comments. Thanks.

UW football: Suite seats for charity [Wisconsin State Journal]

Our open threads on Vault 100 law firms seem to be drawing fewer comments. But we'll finish what we've started. We don't want to give you a case of these.

So here is this afternoon's set of Biglaw shops (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses):

66. Greenberg Traurig, LLP (5.631)
67. Kaye Scholer LLP (5.591)
68. Holland & Knight LLP (5.498)
69. Steptoe & Johnson LLP (5.403)
70. Foley & Lardner LLP (5.360)

Among these firms, the special ATL shout-out goes to Greenberg Traurig. GT is the firm that incites the strongest passions in people.

Please discuss these five fine firms in the comments. Thanks.

The Vault Top 100 Law Firms [Vault]

Earlier: Vault 1-5; Vault 6-10; Vault 11-15; Vault 16-20; Vault 21-25; Vault 26-30; Vault 31-35; Vault 36-40; Vault 41-45; Vault 46-50; Vault 51-55; Vault 56-60; Vault 61-65