Recruiting woes elude easy fixes

National Law Journal: “. . . Criticism of the campus-based law firm recruiting model isn’t new, but the havoc the floundering economy has wreaked on law firm hiring and the push by law schools to move recruiting into late summer has prompted some law firm recruiters to pronounce the system broken. In response, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has proposed adoption of a nationwide offer kickoff date in January. Law firms would not be able to extend any summer associate offers until that time . . . “