Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Just name names and descriptions please.
- Georgia Avenue
- Posts: 414
- Joined: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:42 am
- dood
- Posts: 1639
- Joined: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:59 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
i dunno, i kinda like this guyGeorgia Avenue wrote:you'll go far
- Bronck
- Posts: 2025
- Joined: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:28 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Cravath has a reputation for having a pretty light SA load.
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
I'm a 1L summer at a V50 firm. the associates are worked to death; I know that's mostly everywhere, and I don't know how long I'll be a biglaw lawyer for (1-2 yrs probably). But to help pay off debt I want to do a second summer and not have to kill myself.Georgia Avenue wrote:you'll go far
I will go far, just not as an attorney. I'm ok with this
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
also, the whole point of me saying to just "name names" and nothing else is to have people like you stop the normative bullshit before it even begins. i'm asking for info, not advice.
- homestyle28
- Posts: 2362
- Joined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:48 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Georgia Avenue wrote:you'll go far
-
- Posts: 59
- Joined: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:41 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Yeah, good luck asking for help with that attitude.Anonymous User wrote:also, the whole point of me saying to just "name names" and nothing else is to have people like you stop the normative bullshit before it even begins. i'm asking for info, not advice.
Hope you fail. HTH.
- Lacepiece23
- Posts: 1395
- Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:10 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Fuck it dude knows he doesn't want to practice biglaw for long might as well go somewhere fun for a summer. Proskauer seems pretty cool my friends there and she got to go to the nba draft. Don't know if ur into sports, but if you are they seem like a good time for a summer.
- Cavalier
- Posts: 1994
- Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:13 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
Heller Ehrman, Howrey, and Dewey & LeBoeuf would be good choices.
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
nutter mclennan in boston
-
- Posts: 387
- Joined: Mon May 03, 2010 2:47 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
dood wrote:
i dunno, i kinda like this guy
- thesealocust
- Posts: 8525
- Joined: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:50 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
A good lawyer works hard, but a great lawyer works as hard as necessary for the task at hand.jkay wrote:dood wrote:
i dunno, i kinda like this guy
A lot of law students and lawyers never get the memo that there are no prizes awarded for continuous, pointless, break-neck levels of effort. See, e.g., all law reviews everywhere, people who still try 2L and 3L year, etc.
OP: Larger programs are probably better. Easier to hide in a huge program than as one of just a few summers. Also maybe target firms that have big retreats and things, where there's obviously already a culture that assumes you'll be spending a lot of time not-working during the summer.
Register now!
Resources to assist law school applicants, students & graduates.
It's still FREE!
Already a member? Login
- BruceWayne
- Posts: 2034
- Joined: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:36 pm
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
This is really good advice. Honestly, even if you DO want to work hard, being in a summer program where there is only a few people isn't a good look. If you make an error, can't go to some event, end up being a little behind on an assignment or whatever, it's going to be noticed A LOT more and the firm is probably less likely to have the ideology of just giving out offers as a matter of course.thesealocust wrote:A good lawyer works hard, but a great lawyer works as hard as necessary for the task at hand.jkay wrote:dood wrote:
i dunno, i kinda like this guy
A lot of law students and lawyers never get the memo that there are no prizes awarded for continuous, pointless, break-neck levels of effort. See, e.g., all law reviews everywhere, people who still try 2L and 3L year, etc.
OP: Larger programs are probably better. Easier to hide in a huge program than as one of just a few summers. Also maybe target firms that have big retreats and things, where there's obviously already a culture that assumes you'll be spending a lot of time not-working during the summer.
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
I heard that Cahill is taking summers on a midweek fishing trip.
-
- Posts: 428123
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Summer Associate Program with the least amount of work
anybody else? c'mon, somebody has to have a friend who told them that they do jack at their summer job.
Get unlimited access to all forums and topics
Register now!
I'm pretty sure I told you it's FREE...
Already a member? Login