Grand Rapids-area law firms continue to retain jobs and recruit new attorneys, a practice that flies in the face of a national trend marking the reduction of legal positions in other cities.
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Big law firms in America's major cities are shedding jobs and many are cutting back on recruitment of new law school graduates, but things apparently aren't that bad in Grand Rapids. The National Association for Law Placement reported this summer that the employment rate of 2008 law school graduates was down for the first time since 2003. In late August, The New York Times reported that there were only half as many openings for new graduates at big name law firms as there were last year.
"We've all been reading those articles," said Danielle Hall, but she added, "We haven't noticed a similar trend here — yet." Hall is career and professional development coordinator at the Grand Rapids campus of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the only one in West Michigan. "I don't think that we're down in terms of employer recruiting at our school at this point. And our employment numbers are strong," said Hall.
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