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Blind Item: Flouting the NALP Rules?

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Late last month, we heard reports that one prominent law firm was not complying with the hiring rules and timetable set forth by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). More specifically, we heard that this firm was refusing to follow NALP’s 45-day rule for accepting offers of summer employment. Rather, the firm was giving students only two weeks to accept or decline offers (and planning to take that approach for the entire cycle of on-campus interviewing this fall).
Why have we decided to run this as a blind item? We understand that, since the time of the original reports, the firm in question has moved into compliance, setting aside its original plan to ignore the NALP timetable this year.
But this does raise a question: In light of the grim economy and the current turmoil in the legal job market, should the NALP rules be revised in any way, or perhaps temporarily suspended for this year?
We’re working on a longer post about this very subject. If you have views on the issue, feel free to opine in the comments, or email us (subject line: “NALP Rules”). Thanks.

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