http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/blogs/morepartnerincome/archive/tags/economic+outlook/first+years_2700_+salaries/default.aspxTags: economic outlook, first years' salariesenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31031.3054)http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/blogs/morepartnerincome/archive/2009/08/05/bucking-the-trend.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2009 17:07:00 GMT1da3c6c4-5c32-4eab-bddd-1928b9afe23e:12921MichelleStPierre0http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/blogs/morepartnerincome/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=12921http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/blogs/morepartnerincome/archive/2009/08/05/bucking-the-trend.aspx#comments<p>When I heard last night that <a href='http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Casting-Call-The-Women-of-Rittenhouse-Square-52440222.html'>casting is going on for Philadelphia&#39;s version of the Real Housewives series, &quot;The Women of Rittenhouse Square,&quot;</a> as a Philly resident, I thought to myself, &quot;Do we have to repeat everything that is done in New York and North Jersey?&quot;</p> <p>From a purely economic perspective, better news was delivered today on the Law.com newswire in a <a href='http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432791802&amp;rss=newswire'>summary from the New Jersey Law Journal</a> on the <a target='new' href='http://www.nalp.org/productdetail/?productID=128'>NALP&#39;s annual salary survey</a>.&nbsp; In line with the economic pressure on law firms, Philadelphia firms, along with firms nationwide, are expected to drop starting salaries for new associates.</p>...(<a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/blogs/morepartnerincome/archive/2009/08/05/bucking-the-trend.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/REDWOODANALYTICS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12921" width="1" height="1">Compensationeconomic outlookCostsfirst years' salariessalary