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For current attorneys & past summers:

Do you think it's safe for me to book weekend trips or weekday dinner plans during a summer associate program? Not trying to send the wrong message to the firm, but would love to still have a personal life, if possible. I am working in DC in corporate at a V35.

Thanks for any advice!

monalisa wrote:For current attorneys & past summers:

Do you think it's safe for me to book weekend trips or weekday dinner plans during a summer associate program? Not trying to send the wrong message to the firm, but would love to still have a personal life, if possible. I am working in DC in corporate at a V35.

Thanks for any advice!

Just wait until you get your summer schedule so you know there aren't any pre-existing conflicts and you should be fine.

If you have specific weekends (weddings, etc.) that are particularly important, you can communicate early about that weekend (still more as an inquiry about having that weekend available than asking for the weekend off).

Otherwise, wait for the schedule and wait a couple weeks to figure out your general work flow and when you can plan weekends/friends dinners.

You will be able to have a personal life just fine as a summer, but don't plan it yet.

I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

You'll be fine. Plenty of time to have dinners with friends and go on weekend trips. I did it all the time.

Don't be so stressed out about it that you don't have a life. Have fun and enjoy the summer associate experience, that's what it's meant for.

And take some extra satisfaction knowing that people like Kelly Frost would give anything to have it, and couldn't.

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

Yeah, god forbid OP have friends and want to see them... What a crazy concept

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

They never said dinner and trips were more important than the SA. You should probably relax.

FascinatedWanderer wrote:You'll be fine. Plenty of time to have dinners with friends and go on weekend trips. I did it all the time.

Don't be so stressed out about it that you don't have a life. Have fun and enjoy the summer associate experience, that's what it's meant for.

And take some extra satisfaction knowing that people like Kelly Frost would give anything to have it, and couldn't.

A. Nony Mouse wrote:

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

They never said dinner and trips were more important than the SA. You should probably relax.

You should lock this thread. I'm sure this topic has been covered somewhere before. If so, I'm sure someone can bump the old thread.

kellyfrost wrote:

A. Nony Mouse wrote:

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

They never said dinner and trips were more important than the SA. You should probably relax.

You should lock this thread. I'm sure this topic has been covered somewhere before. If so, I'm sure someone can bump the old thread.

Or this person can ask here because it's a totally appropriate use of the forum, and, again, you should probably relax.

njdevils2626 wrote:

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

Yeah, god forbid OP have friends and want to see them... What a crazy concept

In fairness, it likely is a crazy concept to tlsers.
-she says, as she posts alone on her couch, on a weekend

kellyfrost wrote:I am concerned about OP's comments. Does she/he really think dinner with friends and weekend trips are more important than the SA? If so, I don't think his/her head is in the right place or they don't grasp the opportunity they are being given. There are thousands of other students out there that would kill to be in your position and be given this kind of opportunity. And you want to make dinner reservations with friends? Jesus Christ!!!

I don't really get this. Most SAs involve pretty minimal work. It's not as though hoping to plan around one shows any kind of lapse in priorities.

Edit: this is existentialcrisis, accidental anon.

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