Law Firm Summer Associate Hiring Hits All-Time Low - Articles

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Posted by: Laura Labenberg on Mar 13, 2025

According to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), law firm summer associate hiring hit an all-time low in 2024. Reuters reports that it appears that law firms are taking a "conservative" recruiting approach and new figures show that on-campus interviews are no longer the primary means of summer associate hiring. The median number of second year law students hired as summer associates dropped to six in 2024 from seven the year prior — the lowest since NALP began tracking that figure in 1993.