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ABOVE THE LAW: Dear Law Firms: Canceling Summer Programs After People Bid on Those Programs Is Bad ?

By Glenn Reynolds

ABOVE THE LAW: Dear Law Firms: Canceling Summer Programs After People Bid on Those Programs Is Bad Form. “In this market, interview slots are extremely valuable for law school students. There are not enough jobs to go around, and students know it. When they bid on your firm for an interview, that?s one less bid they have for some other firm. When you pull the rug out from under them this late in the process, you?ve essentially taken away one of their few chances to get a summer job. It might not matter to the law firm ? they?ll get more than enough applicants for the summer positions they have ? but for the individual student it?s a huge problem.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 21, 2010 (boomark / email).