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The Most Important Piece Of Advice For Summer Associates? Be Afraid

Watch your backs, summer associates.

envious womanTrust no one. That may sound harsh, but literally everyone is evaluating you – even your mentors and the partner who has known you forever.

Matthew Mohn, a partner in Reed Smith’s corporate and transactional advisory group, offering advice for summer associates on how they can succeed during their “three-month interview.” Mohn also suggests that summer associates arrive early and stay late, have a great attitude, get things right on the first (or second) try, and try to have fun. Click here to see Mohn’s full list of suggestions.


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