The Record, Harvard Law School’s student paper reports that salaries for first year associates at top firms are going up.1L annual salaries at most top firms have held steady at $125,000 per year for the last five years. According to the article Kirkland & Ellis, Covington, Morrison & Foerster, Hogan & Hartson, Paul Hastings, Sidley Austin, and Latham & Watkins are among the firms making the jump to $135,000. Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, and the NY offices of Kirkland, Covington, Paul Hastings, and Latham have raised annual salaries to $145,000.
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