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&lt;p&gt;With such dim prospects for law students these days, even &lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt; is weighing in, however lamely, on &amp;#8220;the bizarre new reality&amp;#8221; and its effect on law schools, the recruitment process and the BigLaw model, chronicling the fading dreams of 1Ls and 2Ls who&amp;#8217;d counted on &amp;#8220;a lucrative law firm job&amp;#8221; to provide them with &amp;#8220;this green pasture of stability&amp;#8220;. Alas, &amp;#8220;For students now, the promise of the big law firm career&amp;#8212;and its paychecks&amp;#8212;is slipping through their fingers&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instability and anxiety are the mots du jour, especially as law firms continue to scale back on recruitment and hiring. According to ATL&amp;#8217;s Elie Mystal, &amp;#8220;[t]he &amp;#8216;social compact&amp;#8217; between firms and students has completely broken down. We&amp;#8217;ve been living in a Hobbesian state of nature for almost a year now.&amp;#8221; In this lawless state, students are being urged to disregard the NALP recruiting guidelines and snap up any and all offers that come their way. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further evidence of the breakdown of the social order: longer waits for permanent offers to the 2009 class of summer associates. Presumably, most will learn within the next few weeks whether they&amp;#8217;ll have a job after graduation, but some Dechert summers will reportedly remain on pins and needles until January 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/p&gt;

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