NALP Loosens the Reins on Summer Associate Recruiting
NALP has ditched a guideline that firms give law students 28 days to accept a summer associate offer, as well as one prohibiting law firms from recruiting law students in their first semester. The overhaul is intended to spur innovation in entry-level legal recruiting.
December 13, 2018 at 12:24 PM
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The law firm summer associate recruiting system got a big shake-up Wednesday when the National Association of Law Placement announced a major overhaul of its guidelines for on-campus recruiting.
Gone are the recommendations that firms give students 28 days to decide whether to accept a summer associate offer and that they wait until December of the 1L year to begin recruiting law students. In their place are a broader, more flexible set of guidelines that emphasize fairness and transparency without proscribing specific dates or timelines.
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