What Our Summer Associates Are Saying

After our Summer 2006 training programs--the Trial Advocacy Program ("TAP") and Business Law Training ("BLT")--our summer associates' comments included:

"The people were all really great.  We all got a really good feel of what transactional work is about and also got to know some of the people in the department."

"There are very few opportunities to learn and practice litigation skills before entering the practice of law. This program also helps participants understand their strengths, weaknesses, interests, and personal style." 

 "The program was priceless in its ability to show an unknowing law student the life of a transactional attorney. Law school is heavily slanted towards litigation practice, and very few students (including myself) know what happens in a corporate legal practice. The program did a fabulous job of having us interact with knowledgeable corporate partners and documents that are the bread and butter of that practice area."

"The clinic was an opportunity to jump right into a deal at the macro level, something that I think we would not get to do early on in our careers.  Plus, we were able to draft documents in a relatively consequence free environment and talk to our coaches about how those decisions would play out, thus providing an insight that would be harder to gain elsewhere."

"I enjoyed negotiating with opposing counsel the most. I also liked working with a partner so that we could bounce ideas off each other, even if we didn't always agree about exact drafting styles."