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Fordham Bans Reed Smith Recruiters

By Robert J. Ambrogi

In what reporter Gina Passarella in The Legal Intelligencer calls an example of the current economic climate's "uncharted waters" and "choppy tides," Fordham Law School yesterday took the highly unusual and perhaps even unprecedented step of banning the international law firm Reed Smith, the 16th-ranked firm on this year's Am Law 100, from interviewing on campus for five years. The ban, first reported yesterday on the blog Above the Law, came after Reed Smith notified the school that it was canceling interviews in September for which students were already scheduled. That meant the unfortunate students who had signed up for those interviews had lost a potentially valuable interview slot. Fordham Dean William Michael Treanor (pictured) called Reed Smith's action unprofessional and disappointing. In an e-mail sent to students and faculty (republished by Above the Law), he informed them of the news and of his decision to impose the ban. While disappointing, Reed Smith's action is more disheartening because of the lack of professionalism it conveys. The firm could have made its decision earlier; in fact, it received its interview schedule prior to canceling its participation. In my seven years as Dean, no other firm has canceled its interviews after the...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).