Squire Patton Boggs has canceled its summer associate program and extended job offers to law students who had been slated to participate as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic forces law firms to rethink their summer offerings.
The law firm confirmed on Thursday that in light of health and safety concerns it would not hold the 2020 program. These programs are normally a mainstay of the Big Law associate recruitment process and serve as law students’ introduction to firm life.
Instead, Squire Patton Boggs said that it will provide each individual with offers for future employment as well as a $5,000 ...