Dara Goodman

  Dara Goodman is a summer associate in our Boston office. She expects to graduate from Northwestern University School of Law in 2012. Last summer, Dara worked at the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and researched potential liability for the government in e-discovery matters. She has also worked abroad advocating for prisoners’ rights in Accra, Ghana. Dara received a dual undergraduate degree in Government and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Harvard College.  

A Typical Day in the Life of a WilmerHale Summer Associate

July 25, 2011 7:50 AM
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One of the best things about being a summer associate in the Boston office is that each day is different. Here’s just a snapshot of a typical “day in the life” (a.k.a. “What I Did Today”) of a summer associate at WilmerHale.

My Secret is Out

July 15, 2011 8:54 AM
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My secret is out: it has taken me 26 years, 7 months, and 24 days to actually see the Red Sox play at Fenway Park. Although I grew up watching the games on TV and secretly listened to Opening Day on the radio when I was in third grade, I saw my first game this summer.

Hard-Earned Victory

July 8, 2011 10:18 AM
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I’m limping down stairs, barely able to bend down to tie my own sneakers, and hobbling along WilmerHale’s hallways like a crippled gnome, but I’m proud to say that my team was victorious in the WilmerHale Summer Associate Scavenger Hunt.

“What’s Cooking?”

June 24, 2011 8:04 AM
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WilmerHale’s first social event of the summer forced us to sharpen our culinary skills at a cooking event. Our excitement was laced with foreboding: the food we would prepare tonight would be our dinner—and we were all starving.

The Benefits of Big Law

June 17, 2011 1:55 PM
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As a 1L, I didn’t know if I wanted to work at a big law firm or if I should even participate in On Campus Interviewing. Could I feel at home in a big law firm? Could I have a varied, challenging, and intellectually rigorous practice?

Lobster Rolls, Red Sox and …Bed Bugs?

June 9, 2011 3:07 PM
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Searching for housing in Boston should have been easy. I knew exactly where I wanted to live: a fun area located between Davis and Porter Squares in Cambridge, just a 20 minute train ride from downtown Boston and WilmerHale.