A year ago, firms were playing suitor, seducing recruits with fat salaries and meals at first-class restaurants.
The seduction has ended. Firms are now the cad. First came the layoffs. Then, during the fall recruiting season, some firms rescinded job offers to second-year law students — even before the official response date. (Under National Association for Law Placement rules, students have 45 days from the date of the offer to respond.) Firms are reneging on offers, explains NALP Executive Director James Leipold, because they are getting more acceptances than expected.
