Brenda Fingold is the firm's partner responsible for training and professional development. We are one of only a handful of law firms around the country to have a partner-level position devoted exclusively to the professional development of its lawyers. Much of an associate's development as a lawyer will come from observing and working directly with partners and senior associates. Associates at Hale and Dorr work with a variety of different partners, so that each associate has an opportunity to see many different styles of practice. Our partners provide supervision and coaching to associates in the context of client work and take responsibility for helping each associate to achieve his or her potential.
Partners also provide training through an extensive array of educational programs.
Summer Associate Training Programs Summer associates at Hale and Dorr LLP participate in weekly training programs to introduce them to the substantive law and practical skills they will need when they begin to practice. Our goals are both to assist the summer associates in their own professional development and to give them a taste of the training we provide to our attorneys. Greg Woods, current associate and 1998 summer associate Georgetown University Law Center '99 New Associate Training New associates participate in an orientation program that introduces them to the firm and helps them develop general lawyering skills. In the orientation program, new associates work with partners on legal writing, oral advocacy, interviewing and counseling clients, ethics, and time and practice management. New associates also participate in programs within their particular practice area that are designed to give them fundamental skills and substantive knowledge to take significant responsibility for clients and cases early in their careers.