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Large Firms

May 21, 2009

Summer Programs: It's Not Just Lunch Anymore

Firms of all sizes report they're scaling back the budgets of summer associate programs. Most strikingly, the virtual guarantee of a job offer before classes begin again in the fall is now a question mark.

By Amanda Becker and Sara Randazzo
Daily Journal Staff Writers

When business was booming, the courting ritual between prestigious law firms and sought-after students was the stuff of legend.

Firms opened their coffers and lavished summer associate classes with happy hours, boat cruises, spa days, golf outings, weekend desert retreats and more lingering lunches - at Perbacco, Water Grill, Kokkari and Boulevard - than most could digest. And the rec...

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