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State of the Profession

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Everyone knows that the legal job market is brutal.  Firms have laid off thousands of associates and staff, cut back on new hires and summer associate programs, diverted incoming associates to public-service positions, and deferred new-hire start dates.  New York-based Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has added a wrinkle to the “how-can-I-miss-you-if-you-never-go-away” minuet:  it is [...]

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Dissolution Blues

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

You are a first-year associate in a big law firm.  The economy tanks.  The firm decides you are an expensive piece of overhead and lays you off. Thousands of other lawyers are being laid off and your prospects of finding another lucrative big-law position are slim.  Pretty bad, right?  If this description resonates then I [...]

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