First-year associate hiring in Pennsylvania and across the country saw increases in 2013, but that might be temporary if summer associate hiring this year is any indication.

According to The Legal's annual Pennsylvania First-Year Associates Survey, law firms increased their first-year classes in Pennsylvania offices by 12.3 percent between 2012 and 2013. First-year classes across all the offices of the survey respondents grew 2.2 percent, the survey showed.