A story in today’s law.com summarizes the results of this year’s NLJ 250 sruvey. Among the more interesting findings are:
1. Many firms’ attorney head count had dropped to their 2005 levels
2. The number of associates at the top 250 firms had dropped an average of 8.7%, reversing a trend of rapid year on year growth since 2004
3. 45% of the NLJ 250 firms deferred their incoming associates
4. 42% of graduates heading to NLJ 250 firms were deferred
You should read the whole article, which contains lots of detail about specific firms.