Summer Associates
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Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: The Winner!!!
Times are tough, but firms are still treating their summer associates to some fun, even if it’s cheaper fun than in years past. Last week, we brought you the finalists in our 2010 Summer Associates Event Contest. Some of them are not scrimping: Quinn Emanuel: Firm-sponsored hiking trip up Mount St. Helens. (Bonus: If you […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: The Finalists
This summer is not as thrilling for law students as summers past. Firms have tightened their belts, and the law students lucky enough to snag one of the few summer associate positions out there are not getting the royal treatment. Or they are, but now the royal treatment is defined as allowing summers to order […] - Sponsored
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Quinn Emanuel Babes in the Woods: How Two Summer Associates Got Lost on a Firm Hiking Trip
One of the perks of working at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is an annual hiking trip to an exotic location. Quinnies have hiked in Zion National Park, Havasupai, Durango, and Interlaken, Switzerland, among other places. Last month, the firm went on its fifteenth trip, to Mount St. Helens in the Pacific Northwest, and did […]
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Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Contest: Which Is the Best Event for 2010 Summer Associates?
Some summer associates are already halfway through their Biglaw summer experiences. We hope that Northwestern’s “No More I Love Yous” is not ringing true for you, and that your offices don’t bear any resemblance to the photo from our last Caption Contest. We have heard that you’re not eating out as often or spending as […] -
Associate Salaries, Sheppard Mullin, Summer Associates
Sheppard Mullin 'Anomaly' Leaves First-Years Making Less Than Summer Associates
It’s pretty tough being a first-year associate these days. You’re working hard, you’re terrified of getting Lathamed, and you can’t even complain, because everybody thinks you should be grateful to have a job. But at least you don’t have to deal with bright and unbroken summer associates, rolling through your office with smoke billowing up […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Layoffs, Summer Associates
The Coming Law Firm Staffing Shortage?
There’s a reason why our weekly column by Law Shucks has been retitled from “This Week in Layoffs” to “This Week in Biglaw.” The pace of law firm layoffs has slowed dramatically. They haven’t stopped completely, and we suspect that many firms are still conducting “stealth layoffs” (which we welcome tips about — just email […] -
In-House Counsel, Summer Associates
A Memo for Summer Associates: Bizarro World
Ed. note: This is a special post from Will Meyerhofer of The People’s Therapist. This article is also posted there. I summered at Shearman & Sterling way back in 1996. Judging from my clients’ feedback, the summer associate “experience” at big law firms hasn’t changed much over the years. With the recession, it’s harder to […] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
Welcome, Summer Associates! We're Glad You're Here, But Clients Aren't.
It’s summer time! A lucky few are being paid to warm seats in law firms across the land. (Very few — thanks to the minimal numbers of offers extended to law students in Recession Land.) Some firms are very excited about their summer associates, to the point of issuing press releases about them. Firms are […] - Sponsored
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This Week in Biglaw: 05.31.10
Ed. note: Law Shucks focuses on life in, and after, BigLaw, including by tracking layoffs, bonuses, and laterals. Above the Law is pleased to bring you this weekly column, which analyzes news at the world’s top law firms. Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer for business, if not for astronomers, and with that comes […] -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Summer Associates
What You Can Wear At Weil
It’s hot. It’s sticky. It’s summer time. That means it’s time for law firm HR departments to send out their annual summer fashion memos. Otherwise, associates might start showing up to work in bikinis and speedos. Because after a long winter spent hibernating under fluorescent lights, packing on the cold-month pounds, that’s exactly what law […] -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Hotties, Lovells, Summer Associates
Summer Associate of the Day: America's Next Top... Lawyer?
Supermodel Linda Evangelista famously quipped that she doesn’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day. Alas, not all models occupy such a privileged position. This summer, one model is getting out of bed for considerably less than $10,000 a day — to wit, about $3,000 a week. Sara Albert, who made it to the […] -
Job Searches, Morris Manning, Summer Associates
A Sign of the Times? Morris Manning Reinstates Summer Program
Here’s a bit of happy news to start the new week off on the right foot. The well-regarded, Atlanta-based firm of Morris Manning, which canceled its summer program in 2009, due to the economy, has reversed course for 2010. From the firm’s press release: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP is pleased to announced that it […] -
Books, Harvard, Summer Associates
Summer Associate of the Day: Kaavya Viswanathan (Aka the Alleged Harvard Plagiarist)
Remember Kaavya Viswanathan? She’s the Harvard graduate who, while still in high school, landed a two-book deal worth a reported $500,000. The first book, a young adult / chick-lit novel entitled How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life, was published in April 2006, during Viswanathan’s sophomore year at Harvard. And then […]
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Blank Rome, Deferral Stipend, Start Dates, Summer Associates
Blank Rome: Indefinite Deferral Isn't A Subtle Signal
We’ve received tips, texts, and phone calls about Blank Rome. As spring hurtles towards summer, the firm is letting incoming associates know that they won’t be starting any time soon. A tipster reports the firm is “rescinding” offers, but that’s not technically correct: I just heard from a friend that Blank Rome has rescinded offers […] -
No Offers, Sonnenschein, Start Dates, Summer Associates
Rescission Open Thread: Which Firms Are Pulling Offers?
Incoming associates get really angry when firms rescind offers for full-time employment. As Lat said this afternoon here in the office, law students react “as if rescinding offers is like eating babies.” Incoming associates understand that the market remains tough, but these recruits still have harsh words for firms that pull offers. We can understand […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Summer Associates
NALP 2010: NALP Executive Director James Leipold Talks to the 'Lost Generation'
I’m back in New York City — a place that has infinitely more Puerto Rican culture than a Hilton in Puerto Rico. But I still have a few more write-ups from the 2010 NALP Annual Education Conference. I’d be remiss if I didn’t bring back a little information for the hordes of lawyers laid off […] -
Start Dates, Summer Associates
Mayer Brown Start Date Follow-Up: The Magnanimous Mr. Chuck
When we reported on the silence of Mayer Brown regarding start dates for incoming associates, I specifically mentioned that Mayer Brown’s greatest gadfly — Mr. Chuck — had nothing to do with the story. Alas, that did not stop other people from assuming that Mr. Chuck was continuing his crusade to force Mayer Brown to […] -
Start Dates, Summer Associates
Was Mr. Chuck Right About Mayer Brown?
Back in March, a couple of 3Ls took it upon themselves to try to pressure Mayer Brown into letting them know their start dates. You know them as “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,” though Rosencrantz later revealed himself to be NYU 3L, Chuck Egbuonu (a.k.a. Mr. Chuck). Chuck and his cohort were widely criticized for essentially threatening […] -
Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Summer Associates
Summer Offer Rates: Vault Top 25 Are Hot
On Friday, we told you that NALP released its updated forms on firm offer rates. There is a wealth of information in the NALP data, and an Above the Law reader teased out the summer offer rate information: I’m sure you’ve noticed, some firms only give NALP multi-office reports, some give multi-office reports in conjunction […] -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Summer Associates
Updated NALP Forms: What Were the Real Offer Rates?
It’s a wonderful time of year. No more innuendo: NALP forms have been updated, and firms have had to come clean with their statistics on summer hiring. Look up your firm here. Let’s crowdsource this baby. You look at your firm and tell us in the comments if somebody surprisingly massacred their summer class, and […]