As entrenched as Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner is in the intellectual property field, it no doubt has potential hires beating at its doors. Even so, the Washington-based firm has been picking up the tab for staffers to go to law school for nearly a decade in an effort to grow talent organically.
The unusually generous reimbursement program, which enables students to work part time while they attend law school, recently gained the attention of The Washington Post and the legal blogosphere. The media marveled at the idea of an essentially free J.D. bestowed amid a tight job market and skyrocketing tuition costs.
