Wake Up Call: Big Law Returns to Law School Campuses

• Second year law students are gathering their nicest work clothes and heading back to campus to undergo what may be the most important interviews of their work life. Dozens of top firms are showing up to scout out summer associate talent, and there is no slowdown in their numbers, according to law schools. ( BLB )

• Kirkland & Ellis, a 1,900-lawyer firm known for its commitment to recruiting, intends to accept roughly the same number of applicants as it took this summer: 245. One year ago, the firm had 165 U.S. summer associates but jacked up the class size ...