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Law Practice

Apr. 6, 2020

Law firms reluctantly cut back on summer associate positions

Law students hoping to work at firms this summer will face daunting uncertainties, if they get a chance at all. Some compare the situation to the financial crisis years of the late 2000s, when most firms stopped hiring graduates.

Law students hoping to work at firms this summer face many uncertainties, if they get a chance at all. Law firms have started laying off staff, reducing salaries and are reluctant to hire. Some compared the situation to the financial crisis years of the late 2000s, when most firms reduced summer associate classes and stopped hiring new graduates.

“We have two very talented interns that just started in our office,” said Rickey Ivie, p...

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