Biglaw Firms Want Summer Associates Working In Person -- Which Means Lawyers Need To Show Up, Too
Some firms are asking summers to work from the office three or four days each week.
Firms are doing lots of things to encourage participation from attorneys in summer associate activities. Firms understand that summer associates are their future. So I expect there will be strong participation.
— Grover Cleveland, a law career success consultant with Lessons for Sharks, commenting on what may be in store for Biglaw attorneys during their firms’ summer associateship programs. Cleveland is running in-person trainings for summer associates at about 20 firms this year. According to Reuters, unlike in 2020 and 2021, many firms are requiring in-person attendance from their summers at least three (Cooley, Skadden, and Orrick) or four (Mayer Brown and Vinson & Elkins) days each week.
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