Sonia Fleury
Sonia is a summer associate in our Los Angeles office. She expects to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2013. Last summer, Sonia clerked for the Office of General Counsel for the Regents of the University of California. Last year, she worked with the California Asylum Representation Clinic, and participated in a trial before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the state of Guatemala as part of the International Human Rights Law Clinic. Sonia received her undergraduate degree in History and History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley.
It’s hard to believe that WilmerHale’s summer program is at its end. It’s a good sign that it feels like only yesterday that I sat down at my desk to write my first blog post. Over the past 10 weeks, I have become good friends with my three fellow summer associates, learned from partners about their...
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When I began my summer at WilmerHale, I knew that I had a lot to learn, but I didn’t know just how seriously the firm takes the training of its associates. The first week of the program involved a series of sessions aimed at familiarizing us with basic aspects of how the firm operates. More...
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On June 20, I boarded an airplane to Washington DC with my fellow summer associates for a two-day retreat in the nation’s capital. We arrived right in the middle of the heat wave sweeping the Eastern seaboard and sought momentary refuge in our hotel rooms before catching the subway to the Nationals...
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Last week, the summer associates had the opportunity to attend a baseball game at Dodger Stadium. The event was unplanned, but an attorney decided that this was too good to pass up when he managed to get us tickets right near the dugout. We left the office at 6:30 p.m. and made our way to the...
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One of the best things about working at a world-class law firm is the kind of work you get to do. Each afternoon, the firm’s New Business Reports herald the arrival of fascinating new projects, and with them, the opportunity to explore challenging problems and their solutions. For one of my first...
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It’s not always possible to describe four-hour interviews as truly enjoyable, but my callbacks with WilmerHale certainly were—and since arriving in the Los Angeles office, I can see why. Lawyers and law students love to tell stories about the friend of a friend who works every weekend, never makes...
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I’m not someone who always knew she would go to law school. This profession is filled with people from all walks of life doing all kinds of things—that’s part of its appeal. The old saying goes, "All roads lead to Rome,” but sometimes it feels like they all lead to law school. For years I thought I...
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