Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
[I was surprised by] how little interaction there was with me, excluding giving me assignments. Also, I did not notice many in-person meetings between lawyers and was not aware of much collaboration.
— An anonymous summer associate at an Am Law 100 firm, in comments given in response to the American Lawyer’s 2023 Summer Associates Satisfaction Ranking. Biglaw firms attempted to put associate attendance mandates in place to appease incoming summer associates, but it seems like that might not have worked out so well at this particular firm. Click here to see which Biglaw firms made the Top 10 in this year’s ranking.
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