Incoming Law Firm Associates Unsure When Their Jobs Will Start
A new survey by the National Association for Law Placement found that half of law firms have yet to set start dates for their new associate classes, in part due to uncertainty over when the bar exam will be given.
July 15, 2020 at 05:00 PM
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Many law firm offices still don't know when they will be bringing on their new class of associates.
Half of law firm offices don't have an official start date for their incoming associates, according to a new survey by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). And among the offices that have set start dates, 62% won't welcome their new lawyers until January 2021. That means hundreds of recent law graduates are in the dark about when their jobs will begin, and whether they should move for their new jobs.
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