Cravath, a Top Law Firm, to Pay New Hires to Delay Startis is an interesting June 12, 2009 article from the N.Y. Times. It reports that Cravath is willing to pay associates $80,000 to delay there start year for a year. Wow! This demonstrates just how inefficient big law firms are. How about paying your associates a bit less, while at the same time giving them a bit more of a life. I do not mean to pick a bone with Cravath as the problem is with big law firms in general. Most students and associates I know, and I know quite a few, would gladly take a 25% cut in salary for a 25% cut in hours.

Mitchell H. Rubinstein