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Sweat Shop Burn-Out at Law Firms: 3rd Year Exodus

The CollegeJournal explores a common phenomenon among third year legal associates in "Why Law Firms Lose Third Year Associates." This first installment in a new series on law firm peculiarities, called the FLAW, reveals that a super-sized 37% of associates leave their firm by the end of the third year -- and most of them due so in the third year, just as they are becoming most productive and profitable to the firm.

 The article explores the reasons for this trend and what law firms are doing to stem the tide.

Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 09:40PM by Registered CommenterLinda Abraham in | CommentsPost a Comment

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