The Beginning of the End of Summer Associate Programs at Quinn Emanuel

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Quinn Emanuel will be dropping its summer association program from about 50 law students firm-wide, to just 5 to 10. In "Quinn Emanuel to Sale Back Summer Associate Program", The Wall Street Journal's Sara Randozzo quotes from an email by leading partner John Quinn sent to the firm's lawyers indicating the firm will shift its recruiting and hiring focus to 3Ls and judicial clerks: