Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys
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Akin Gump, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Staff Layoff Watch: A Roundup
A lot of pain has been dealt out to support staff at various law firms recently. On Friday, Akin Gump slashed their support staff, laying off 65 employees. The WSJ Law Blog reported: “There are no planned attorney layoffs,” said [Sheila Turner, a firm spokeswoman]. “But in these difficult times we of course expect to […] -
No Offers, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Summer Associates
Update: Squire Sanders Now Claims Only One Staff Attorney Offer
Earlier today we reported that Squire, Sanders & Dempsey extended offers to 76% of their summer class, but that an untold number of those summers received staff attorney offers. Well, after an initial “no comment” on the staff attorney question, Squire Sanders decided to clarify their statement: The firm made one staff attorney offer. The […] 
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No Offers, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Summer Associates
Nationwide No Offer Watch: Squire Sanders(SSD to SAs: Wannabe a staff attorney?)
The no-offer reports keep rolling in from our readers, but one tip about Squire, Sanders & Dempsey stopped us in our tracks: [A summer associate] at Squire Sanders got offered a staff attorney position. Apparently one-third of the class got real offers, some got staff attorney offers, and the rest? Staff attorney — i.e., a […]
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Affirmative Action, Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Yolanda Young
Covington and Its 'Staff Attorney Ghetto'?
Sorry we’re late to the party on this HuffPo post, bearing the provocative title “Law Firm Segregation Reminiscent of Jim Crow.” It’s by Yolanda Young, a former staff attorney at Covington & Burling. Her claim, in a nutshell, is that Covington fills the ranks of its “staff attorney ghetto” with African-Americans, while the ranks of […]
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