Summer associates are also encouraged to attend monthly practice group meetings and are often invited to bar association events, client meetings, negotiation and drafting sessions, depositions, trials, pre-trials and other events. For our summer program, we are looking for students with strong academic credentials, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the desire to be part of our unique atmosphere. We invest significantly in our summer associates and for each second-year associate hired, we fully expect that a successful summer will lead to an offer of permanent employment. Our summer program is a unique opportunity for the right student, not only to learn from the inside out about our varied and challenging legal practice, but to forge what we hope will be a rewarding and long-lived relationship with one of Cleveland s finest firms. We offer competitive starting salaries for first-year associates and maintain that competitiveness throughout an associate s career.
Associates receive formal annual performance reviews.
In addition to base salary, we pay merit-based bonuses to reward outstanding efforts and achievements. We provide a comprehensive benefit program for our employees and we have programs that can supplement certain employer-paid benefits. In addition, we also pay bar association dues, bar registration fees and CLE costs.