Typically, the Firm employs two or three summer associates. While their work consists primarily of legal research, analysis and drafting, the summer associates are encouraged to attend court proceedings and depositions and to observe other aspects of our law practice. They are encouraged to attend programs and symposia offered by the Bar to law school students during summer months. The summer associates are not assigned to just one practice area while they're with us, but rather are given broad exposure to the Firm's practice areas, giving recognition to personal preference as much as possible. In this way, the summer associates interact with many of our attorneys who would then be in a position to evaluate him or her for hiring purposes.
Summer associates receive first consideration for offers for full-time associate positions.
Social activities include a firm picnic, Delaware Bay crab outings and baseball games in Wilmington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Lawyers in the Firm typically get together on Friday afternoons at the firm for an after-work social hour. When new associates are hired, they are assigned a supervisor who is a member of the Firm. Initial assignments are varied and can come from any Firm member in the associate's area of practice. Although the Firm does not have a formal rotation program, opportunities do arise for associates to work on specific matters in a practice area other than that to which they are assigned.