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Summer Mentoring & Training
Mentoring
You will have two mentors—usually one partner or counsel and one associate—who serve as advisors during the summer. These mentors introduce you to lawyers in the firm, provide day-to-day guidance and answer questions about how the firm works and the nuts-and-bolts of completing assignments.
Training
Throughout the summer, we want you to sample our training programs. Our programs are designed to introduce you to the practical skills lawyers need and to the topics that indicate what we value. Our goal is two-fold—to assist in your professional development and to give you a sample of the training we provide to our attorneys. Summer training topics include:
- Research Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Deposition Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Oral Communication
- Legal Writing
- Conflicts and Ethics
- Departmental Panels and Meetings (Securities, Corporate, Litigation and Intellectual Property)
- Case Studies and Mock Trials
We also strongly encourage you to expand your knowledge further by participating in firm and office-wide department meetings and lunches, many of which are geared specifically to welcoming you and introducing our colleagues and practice.
Feedback
Attorneys you work with will give you constructive feedback informally throughout the summer. In addition, you will receive a review of your work and are encouraged to provide feedback about your experience.
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Elizabeth Mooney
Northwestern University School of Law, Boston Office - Summer 2009
" [A]t first it seems like you can't tell big firms apart, but you can.... You really get to understand what a place is like after meeting with attorneys and visiting their offices."
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