Big firm recruitment is down 20 percent at Harvard Law School, the Harvard Crimson reports. "As a Harvard student, you feel entitled to get a job, and you ignore these dire reports on CNN," one student told the Crimson earlier this year after failing to get a job offer. It turns out that changes in the legal industry -- smaller summer associate classes, deferred start dates and associate layoffs -- are also hurting the cream of the Ivy League crop.
October 01, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Think you’ve got it tough? You could be a student at Harvard Law School, where big firm recruitment is down 20 percent, the Harvard Crimson reports.
“As a Harvard student, you feel entitled to get a job, and you ignore these dire reports on CNN,” one student told the Crimson earlier this year after failing to get a job offer during HLS’ recruiting season. “You think that things will work out like every other year.”
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