Summer Program

Work Assignments
Our summer associates are asked to perform real and substantive work that is important to our clients. We encourage each summer associate to work with as many different attorneys and in as many different practice areas as possible. One of the great advantages of our summer program is that the summer associates are allowed to choose their own work assignments from the work projects assembled together from the entire firm. This provides our summer associates the maximum flexibility to tailor their own experiences. The summer associate can take projects from several different practice areas or concentrate on one or two practice areas. Summer associates are not rotated through practice groups or forced to choose a practice area. In order to show our summer associates what it is like to practice law at our firm, we include our summer associates in our trials, depositions, closings, negotiations, and client conferences.

Evaluations
Summer associates are evaluated on an ongoing basis throughout the summer. After each assignment, the attorneys with whom the summer associate has worked will give the summer associate feedback.

Social
We want to get to know our summer associates. We provide numerous opportunities for our summer associates to socialize with our lawyers and to learn about the communities and cities in which we live. Summer associates are invited into our homes for dinners and parties to see first-hand how and where our lawyers live and to get to know their families.

Mentoring
Summer associates are assigned two summer mentors, a Senior Chair and a Junior Chair. The junior mentor is usually an associate or younger partner who acts as the summer associate's daily contact and sounding board. The senior mentor is usually a partner that helps give the summer associate the benefit of his or her experience in the practice of law and as a partner at this firm. We ask our mentors to ensure that summer associates have every opportunity to do well both substantively and socially in the program.