“If you don’t cut associate starting salaries now, you are nuts. They were too high. Now we have to pay for it.” – Bradford Hildebrandt (as reported in the ABA Journal online)
Most of the biglaw firms just let them go. MacGuire Woods is rolling back salaries of its incoming associate class to
Another AmLaw 100 firm, this time #6 White & Case, has announced layoffs. 70 associates and 100 staff. An internal memo was posted by our friends at Above the Law:
As part of its planning for 2009, White & Case LLP is reviewing its global operations against current and anticipated market conditions and
I’ve blogged here and here about the importance of avoiding career redundancy and remaining relevant, tough economic times or not. Whether on LinkedIn, at The Legal Watercooler, or the exhibit hall floor of Legal Tech, I have been asking many of you “What are you doing to avoid career redundancy?”
For me it comes