Dewey & LeBoeuf Offers 18-Month Deferral Program

Dewey & LeBoeuf, which in March deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming class to January 2010, has now announced a new year-long deferral program called “DL Pursuits.”

Associates who sign on for the plan will get one-third of their salary, full medical, $1,000 in student loan repayment, and bar fees.

First year associates can take the plan for 18-months instead of 12.

Program members who take on a paying job while deferred still get the salary stipend.

Dewey & LeBoeuf is a white shoe law firm formed in 2007 by the merger of Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. The firm has 24 offices in 14 countries.