Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
The
status
quo
is
over.
We
can’t
continue
to
have
a
summer
program
where
we
can
look
at
people’s
full
first-year
grades
and
then
decide
[if]
we
want
to
make
them
an
offer
to
join
us
as
a
2L.
The
question
is,
do
we,
you
know,
do
we
just
lose
out
on
all
summer
associates
and
let
the
market
pass
us
by,
or
do
we
do
something
creative
that
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
have
a
summer
program,
but
also
making
sure
that
we’re
able
to
attract
and
hire
top
talent
[and]
people
who
are
really
succeeding
in
law
school.
—
Bryan
Heckenlively,
a
partner
at
Munger
Tolles
and
chair
of
its
recruiting
committee,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
concerning
the
firm’s
shortening
of
its
summer
associate
program.
Starting
for
2Ls
in
2027,
the
firm
will
host
students
for
four-to-six
weeks
at
the
end
of
the
summer,
while
allowing
them
to
do
public
interest
work
or
work
for
another
firm
at
the
start
of
the
summer.
“We’ve
heard
from
students
that
[the
new
recruitment
scheme]
it’s
incredibly
stressful,” said
Kara
Sommers,
the
firm’s
director
of
legal
recruiting.
She
said
of
MTO’s
new
program
that
“[t]he
market
has
sort
of
pushed
this
[recruitment]
timeline,
but
it
doesn’t
seem
like
it’s
aligning
with
any
of
the
goals
of
the
constituencies,
so
this
is
our
attempt
to
shift
some
of
those
dynamics.”
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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