Each summer associate is paired with an Associate Advisor who helps familiarize them with the firm life, answer questions, and introduce them to attorneys at the firm. Each summer associate receives work assignments in a variety of practice areas to ensure exposure throughout the firm's areas of expertise. Summer associates work closely with the Assignment Coordinators who help focus work assignments in areas of each summer associate's interest. The firm also invites summer associates to observe and participate in client meetings, real estate closings, contract negotiations, depositions, court hearings and trials. Summer associates receive extensive feedback during the summer.
Feedback occurs in three stages.
The first is the reader program. It pairs the summer associate with two readers, either senior associates or partners, chosen for their ability to critically review and improve written work product. They meet with their assigned summer associates regularly during the summer and provide constructive input. The second stage is a mid-summer meeting between each summer associate and the Summer Program Chair. This meeting helps the summer associate evaluate the first half of the summer program and set goals for the second half.