disillusionment

proskauer rose defers to fall 2011.

July 31, 2009 23:49

[cynthia] I've just added Proskauer Rose, who, you might have heard, just deferred current summers to fall 2011, to our 2010 table of doom. The firm has not announced a public interest program or any deferral stipends. Don't forget to...

2010 table of doom: start date deferrals, summer program cancelations, other perks of biglaw.

July 21, 2009 23:44

[cynthia] We'll update this table as more information comes in, according to the same procedure as our 2009 table. So please be sure to email us when you or your roommate gets deferred. Firm 2010 Start Dates 2010 Summer Programs...

your profs suffer the economy's wrath right along with you, and some of them would prefer layoffs to pay cuts

July 17, 2009 21:30

[petra] With pay cuts on the way, most University of California law professors won’t be happy puppies come fall. But to hear two law deans tell it, students will hardly notice a thing (unless, we’re guessing, the professor ranks start...

hoping for an end-of-summer offer? chances are getting bigger that it'll come with a deferral

July 17, 2009 21:30

[pam] OK, I think we are seeing the harbingers of critical mass. Morgan, Lewis did it. Orrick followed, and so did Hogan & Hartson. And now Weil Gotshal is telling its current summer associates, Hey, if you're lucky enough to...

morgan lewis, hogan & hartson: asking you to the deferral dance.

July 14, 2009 20:06

[cynthia] Hot on the heels of Ropes & Gray and Cravath, two more biglaw firms have announced that they're going to rock the worlds of law students and young associates. In a bad way. ATL has broken the news that...