Controversial Former Biglaw Attorney Relaunches His Career As Internet Mogul
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Nationwide Start Date Watch: Who’s Late To The Party?
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Deferral Stipend Judgment Is a Moral Victory for Two Former Heller Ehrman Associates
(Opens in a new window)Way back in 2008, back when people were wondering just how bad the recession was going to be for Biglaw, Heller Ehrman(Opens in a new window) collapsed. When the firm dissolved, there was a lot of fear that it would be the first of many to fold.While a few other firms […]
Georgetown Extends Post-Graduate Stipends: But Is It On the Backs of Part-Time Students?
(Opens in a new window)A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the public interest stipend(Opens in a new window) Georgetown Law offered its recent graduates. Georgetown University Law Center(Opens in a new window) gave a three month stipend of $4,000 to its recent graduates who are working for a public interest organization.Today, we have […]
Taxes Eat Away at Georgetown’s Public Interest Stipend for Some Students
(Opens in a new window)We’ve done a lot of coverage about deferral stipends(Opens in a new window), public interest stipends, and other direct payments(Opens in a new window) to graduates who are not able to secure prime, private practice employment.If you think about it, these programs have popped up with shocking speed. In 2007, there […]
Should Biglaw Deferral Programs Become Permanent?
With apologies to Langston Hughes(Opens in a new window), we have to ask:What happens to an associate deferred? Does he dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore — and then run?Run, run — away from Biglaw. That seems to be what at least some deferred associates are doing, as […]
How AI Is Transforming The Legal Profession (2025)
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Let’s Do This: Deferred (Then Rescinded) Would-Be Associate Sues Firm
(Opens in a new window)This was bound to happen at some point. There have been countless associates who were promised jobs at law firms. They stopped looking for other jobs in reliance on that job offer. Then during the recession they were deferred, or their offers were rescinded. They are the leading citizens of the […]
DLA Piper Defers Half the Class of 2010 to 2012
(Opens in a new window)DLA Piper(Opens in a new window) recently rejoined the ranks(Opens in a new window) of Biglaw firms paying a $160,000 starting salary. Welcome back to the pack. Unfortunately, some incoming associates hoping to start at DLA will have to wait quite a bit before they are able to cash in on […]
A ‘Genius’ Use of Deferral Time
A little over a year ago, law firms came up with a unique plan to deal with the problem of too many associates and not enough work to go around: the deferral. It did not apply just to incoming associates; it was also offered up to those already at the firm who were open to […]
Incoming Bryan Cave Associates: Welcome to 2012.
(Opens in a new window)Do you remember the scene in the Amityville Horror House movie where the toilet says to the family, “Get out”? That seems to be what firms are telling incoming associates when they defer first-years until 2012(Opens in a new window).Today, we’ve got another firm that has decided to put some of […]
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Mintz Levin 2012 Deferral Follow Up
(Opens in a new window)When it comes to deferring incoming associates, what is the new normal? A couple of months ago, we reported that Mintz Levin(Opens in a new window) was deferring its class of 2010 associates to 2012(Opens in a new window). At the time, Mintz Levin didn’t reveal any information about its deferral […]
How Many Firms Will Continue To Pay For A Pro Bono Year?
The “pro bono year” is to Biglaw what a “study abroad program” is to most American universities: a time for reflection, exposure to new things, and a more relaxed pace.It was a necessity born of the recession. Firms did not have enough work to go around; they didn’t want to lose perfectly good employees, but […]
Blank Rome: Indefinite Deferral Isn’t A Subtle Signal
(Opens in a new window)We’ve received tips, texts, and phone calls about Blank Rome(Opens in a new window). 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 […]
Mr. Chuck Vindicated: Mayer Brown Notifies Incoming Associates of Their Fates
(Opens in a new window)Congratulations to Mr. Chuck(Opens in a new window) and his co-conspirators. It appears that their efforts to exert grassroots pressure(Opens in a new window) on Mayer Brown(Opens in a new window), with the goal of getting the firm to inform them of the terms of their offers, have borne fruit.As first […]
What’s Up with Winston? An Update
Last week, we took a peek inside the black box(Opens in a new window) of compensation at Winston & Strawn(Opens in a new window). We also discussed stealth layoffs at the firm.We felt our report was fairly hard-hitting. But one Winston source thinks we didn’t go far enough:In my humble opinion, you weren’t sufficiently critical […]