Salaries Increase for Top Law School Grads
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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