The Return Of The Dreaded Biglaw Deferral Is Now Being Praised By Industry Insiders
Which firm will be the next to announce a deferral of its incoming first-years?
Are More Biglaw Firms Planning To Defer Their Incoming Associates?
Biglaw firms aren't playing 'follow the leader' when it comes to associate deferrals... yet.
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
Biglaw Firm Defers Associate Start Dates To 2023 Due To Work Slowdown
Will other Biglaw firms decide to do the same thing with their incoming associates to save money?
Am Law 50 Firm Offers Voluntary Deferral To Incoming Associates Until Fall 2021
Will this become a trend among Biglaw firms?
Controversial Former Biglaw Attorney Relaunches His Career As Internet Mogul
'When you go to law school, nobody f**ks with you.'
The Great Non-Deferral of 2012
Are start dates for first-year associates at major law firms back to normal, i.e., where they were before the Great Recession? And what about the class sizes for entering associates?
Chrometa: Turning Time Into Billable Value For Modern Lawyers
Adoption of Chrometa represents more than a technological upgrade; it reflects a professional philosophy that values accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
Dewey Have Career Advice for Incoming and Summer Associates?
What should law students who were scheduled to be working at Dewey & LeBoeuf do now?
Dewey Have A Suitor? Plus Another Confirmed Partner Defection, and Discussion of Deferrals
Which rival Biglaw firm might be a Dewey suitor? Who's the latest partner to leave Dewey? And what about summer associates and incoming associates?
Dewey Have Room For Incoming Associates? Or Overseas Offices?
What is Dewey going to do with incoming associates from the class of 2012? And will it hold on to its foreign offices?
Should Biglaw Deferral Programs Become Permanent?
With apologies to Langston Hughes, 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 reported last […]
AI + legal workflows: 5 plays that actually move the needle
Unsure where to start with AI? Learn 5 law firm workflows that can improve intake, conflicts, drafting, docketing, and time tracking—plus prompts, ethics tips, and steps for real ROI.
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 […]
Shearman & Sterling Belatedly Sets Start Dates for Deferred Class of 2009
Shearman & Sterling is setting off some fireworks at the start of this Fourth of July weekend. It sent out a memo this morning to its deferred associates from 2009. (Remember them? They got $65,000 last year if they volunteered to go away until September 2010.) The deferred associates expected a letter two months ago […]
Update: Is Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh Getting a Bum Rap?
Last Friday, we named Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Ama Dwimoh our Lawyer of the Day. As a prosecutor, Dwimoh goes after child abusers. And yet, according to the New York Daily News — irony alert! — she herself abuses the kiddies, i.e., legal interns in her office. One reader with firsthand knowledge protested this portrayal […]
Lawyer of the Day: Deferred Associates Claim Brooklyn ADA is a Meanie
Deferred associates spending a year in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office claim that Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh is an abusive boss. At first blush, one assumes that kids who have been coddled at the best schools and top firms simply weren’t prepared for the rough and tumble world of actual lawyering. But the Brooklyn D.A., […]
Incoming Bryan Cave Associates: Welcome to 2012.
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. Today, we’ve got another firm that has decided to put some of its incoming associates on the long march […]