IT MAY BE A STRETCH to argue that beginning lawyers at big law firms need more money, but those practicing in New York could make a strong case for a raise.

With more law firms now paying first-year associates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston the same amount they are doling out to their starting lawyers in New York, it seems that attorneys in the Big Apple are getting shortchanged in the deal.

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