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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Ind. Law - More on: "Barnes & Thornburg is cutting its summer associate program next year in its Chicago office"
Apparently not just B&T anymore. Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 6, Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal reports today:
Arnstein & Lehr is the latest Chicago law firm to say it will abandon its summer associate program next year, explaining that the difficulty of estimating its hiring needs two years in advance so it can extend some of those associates job offers is more trouble than the program is worth."For a firm our size, the crystal ball just isn't good enough to tell us," said Raymond Werner, chairman of the firm. "It's really a predictability of needs issue." * * *
Barnes & Thornburg also said recently that it would cease its summer associate program in the Chicago office, though it will continue in some of the firm's other offices. That firm also noted the difficulty of planning for hiring needs so far in advance.
Chicago's Freeborn & Peters hasn't had a program for at least two years and Much Shelist, also based in Chicago, hasn't had one for 10 years. Much Shelist Chairman David Brown said his firm has been pleased with its ability to get associates with two to five years experience after they've had a dose of big-firm work.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 12, 2008 02:03 PM
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