Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Reed Smith. James Lawlor. Ballard Spahr. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Blank Rome. Drinker Biddle & Reath.
They were recently mentioned in the Los Angeles Times as representing a sign of the slimming tendencies of a summer in economic recovery. The law firms are mentioned are reported to have modified their summer internship programs to match the waning tides of the economy.
The article noted that many prominent law firms have gone about the slim-down in different ways:
- reductions in summer associate payshortening the length of summer internship programslimiting the sometimes-lavish summer intern entertainment eventsaccepting fewer interns for summer 2010 are a few popular tools of
- choice.
Considering that earlier, law firms elected to defer employment of new associates, the L.A. Times notes that the new measures have also been put in place to ensure that there is not an influx of new associates and summer associates on site all at once.
Where does that leave you?
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