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Career Center: Are You Deciding Where to Summer?

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Summer associate survey results have been out for a while. If you’re trying to decide where you’d like to be a summer associate, be sure to check out the profiles below, to see which firms scored big with its summers — and which firms could use a little improvement. Before accepting that summer associate offer, visit the Career Center for some useful insider information on the firms that interest you.

  • Summer associates at this firm get tons of formal training and are even assigned a “writing advisor” who will assist them with written project assignments. The 2009 summer associates who were lucky enough to land offers started as scheduled in the fall of 2009.
  • Even though this firm cancelled its 2010 summer program in all of its California offices, summer associates say the firm is pleasantly laid-back, and they got to attend various social events — baseball games, cooking classes, dinners. Rather than rescinding offers to its 2009 summer associates, the firm gave new associates the option of voluntarily departing with a “go-away” stipend or joining its public interest deferral program with a monthly stipend.

More profiles, after the jump.

  • It’s sink or swim for the summer associates at this firm, but considering the incredibly interesting and varied work they get, most summer associates here didn’t seem to mind. Be sure to tune up your palate for the finer things in life before summering at this firm, as Scotch tastings and yacht trips are the norm here.
  • International travel, unlimited $65 lunches, and high-end deals are just some of the perks for summer associates at this firm. 2009 summer associates who secured permanent offers are expected to start working on time in September 2010.
  • The summer associates at this firm are assigned 11 to 15 assignments by a summer coordinator, but things can get overwhelming as work-flow management appears to be lacking. Although the firm extended offers to just 63% of its 2009 summer associates, the ones who received offers did not start on time and have been phased-in at the firm quarterly.

For information on summer programs and associate life at all the top firms, visit the Career Center.

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