(AP / MSNBC) Lindsay Murphy, an attorney working with the University of Mississippi's Civil Legal Clinic in Oxford, Miss., helps poor clients with housing and tax problems as part of a deferred hiring plan established with a Dallas law firm.
Nonprofits Get Help from Newly Minted Lawyers
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OCTOBER 26, 2009
Associated Press

From San Francisco to New York, high-powered firms are postponing the start dates of new hires they recruited before the economic meltdown. Many are paying the "deferred associates" stipends to spend a year doing public interest work until the business slowdown ends.
For cash-strapped nonprofits and government law offices, the free help is an unexpected silver lining. And the young lawyers and the firms that pay them say they are benefiting from valuable training and hands-on experience.
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