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Deferral Stipend, Start Dates, Willkie Farr
Willkie Farr: Defers Incoming Associates to 2011, 3Ls Pissed by Late Notice
At the end of the summer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher told offerees that they would be able to start at the firm on time, in the fall of 2010. It turns out that Willkie’s promise wasn’t something intelligent law students should have relied on. Here’s the email that went out to the summer class, yesterday: […] -
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Correction: Culture Gap Between Deferred and Public Interest Attorneys Not as Wide as We Were Led to Believe
A week and a half ago we ran a story about the culture gap between deferred associates working in public interest jobs and their full-time public interest colleagues. The news came from the City Bar of New York, which did a study of the satisfaction levels of deferred associates. But it turns out the City […] - Sponsored
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Skadden Sets the Pace for Start Dates and Salary Advances Instead of Stipends?
Class of 2010 graduates with offers in hand want to know when they’ll have firm-issued BlackBerrys in hand too. Last week, we had an open thread on start dates for 2010 graduates. Shortly thereafter, we heard from Skadden-bound associates. They’ll be starting in the new year, and they’ll have some money to keep them afloat […]
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Start Dates, White & Case
Open Thread: When Do You Start Work, Class of 2010?
Lucky little 3Ls with offers, are you dreaming of the Biglaw days that await you? If your firm didn’t tell you last summer that you would be deferred, you should be hearing about your start date soon… right? Some people have started hearing news. Those heading to White & Case have not gotten start dates […] -
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Deferred Associates and Public Interest Work: A Difficult Integration
The spate of associate deferrals that rippled throughout Biglaw last year was truly unique. There was no historical template for what would happen when firms decided to essentially skip a recruiting class by sending their would-be first years out on paid vacations to public interest organizations. The experiment — which for a lot of associates […] -
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Mintz Levin: Defers Class of 2010 to ... 2012
If you spent your summer at Mintz Levin in 2009 and received an offer, congratulations! You must be very proud. Now wrap it up very tightly and put it in a safe place, because you won’t be pulling it out again until 2012. Multiple sources report that Mintz just deferred its 2009 summer associate class […] -
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Cravath 'Un-Defers' Some in Class of 2010 via Lottery System
Back in June, Cravath took the aggressive step to preemptively defer associates that received an offer from the firm to be part of its 2010 incoming class. At the time, we reported: Today’s announcement from Cravath also delays the start dates of this year’s summers until fall 2011. It’s a mandatory deferment, and they will […] -
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Winstead: Rescinds Offers to Two Incoming Associates Just Days Before Their Start Date
We have a Nixon Peabody situation, deep in the heart of Texas. Winstead has decided to rescind offers to two of their incoming associates who were set to start on Monday. It just goes to show, you don’t have a job until you are actually sitting at a desk, performing work. Paycheck or it didn’t […] - Sponsored
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Open Thread: How Was Your First Day of Work?
This past Tuesday, January 19, was the first day of work for many class of 2009 associates. They’ve been deferred, they’ve been scraping by on stipends, but yesterday many of them finally got to start work. Right? On our most recent start date round-up, we noted a number of firms that pinned their class of […] -
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Pls Hndle Thx: The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius?
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, Deferred associates are starting soon at my V100 firm… which is *odd* because there’s not enough work to go around. At least not for junior level associates, because the mid levels and senior levels hoard work for themselves. So if […] -
Salary Cuts, Start Dates
Christmas Salary Cuts at K&L Gates
We have some good news and some bad news for incoming K&L Gates associates. I’m feeling charitable, so I’ll lead with the good news. Our sources report that everybody is officially set to start on January 4th. The firm called people over the weekend to mention some final, minor details, but people will have a […] -
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Nationwide Start Date Round-Up: Who's making contact in 2010?
The big day is almost here for many young lawyers. Recent law grads nestling up in their beds have visions of Blackberries dancing in their heads. January 2010 will bring start dates for many bound for Biglaw firms. But some firms have had second thoughts. Winston Strawn and Nixon Peabody recently informed incoming associates of […] -
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Nixon Peabody Deferral Extension: Can Somebody Check A Calendar?
Dear law firms: It is December 15th. Christmas is ten days away. January 4th is a mere 20 days away. I bring this up because some of you seem to be having trouble with the Gregorian calendar. Some of you have incoming associates that are set to start at your firm on January 4th or […]
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McDermott Will & Emery: Another December Deferral Extension
McDermott Will & Emery was supposed to have its incoming class start in January. But now that January is almost upon us, MWE is the latest firm to change its mind. The news first broke on Facebook late last week, via status updates of unhappy incoming associates: ♫ “re-deferment in december. happy holidays.” Yeah, there […] -
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Mayer Brown Re-Deferment: A December Surprise
Last Thursday, we asked you if deferred incoming associates were all set to start working. With a lot of associates scheduled to start in January, firms that extend the deferment in December might need a visit from Christmas ghosts. Well, a few incoming associates received a large “bah, humbug” from Mayer Brown. The firm is […] -
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Open Thread: Are Deferred Associates Ready to Start Work?
It’s December. Bar results are out. Firms are compiling their end of the year numbers. Trees are being trimmed, candles are being lit. Is it time, finally, for in the incoming class of 2009 to start working? Above the Law has been furiously covering all of the Biglaw deferrals this year. A lot of firms […] -
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Seyfarth Shaw: Salary Cuts and Deferral Extensions, Oh My
Seyfarth Shaw is set to become the latest firm to flip its incoming associates the Bird. A very angry tipster reports: [Seyfarth] just deferred all incoming associates to October 2010 with only $2000/month as a stipend beginning on our former start date of January 19, 2010! It’s a joke … we know for a fact […] -
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Open Thread: Should Deferred Associates Be Looking for Work?
Last week, we asked you if deferral stipends for incoming associates are too small. The reaction was mixed. Some people felt that incoming associates should be thankful for every penny they get. Others noted that it was extremely difficult to make loan repayments off of the deferral stipend. But many people felt that deferred associates […] -
Biglaw, Deferral Stipend, Start Dates
Open Thread: Are Deferral Stipends Too Small?
We receive a lot of interesting emails here at Above the Law. Once law firms started deferring their deferred incoming associates for a second time, we started getting emails like the one below. Since I don’t really know how to respond to the people who have been asking this type of question, I figured I’d […] -
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Katten Revokes Some, Defers Others, and Allows Few To Start On Time
Katten Muchin is using every tool in the box when it comes to figuring out what to do with its incoming associates. If there is a plan for dealing with soon-to-be first years that has been discussed on Above the Law, Katten is using it. A tipster reports that Katten has broken up its first […]