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Law Practice

Oct. 1, 2009

Offers Drop Sharply For New First-Year Associates

On average this year, offers were extended to just 79 percent of summer associates among 14 major law firms surveyed; that's 15 percent fewer offers made among the same firms last year.

By Sara Randazzo and Joanna Lin

Daily Journal Staff Writers

At legal institutions across the state, school is back in session. First-years are scrambling to learn what it takes to succeed in law school, second-years are fretting over how to nail on-campus interviews, and third-years who summered at big law firms are sitting back on their laurels, coasting through the year until full-time employment begins next fall.

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