Here goes nothing! After a long school year of waiting to finally start at Bilzin Sumberg, the summer associate program has officially begun. Better yet, the five wonderful summers of 2014 (Desiree, Jared, Jerry, Moshe, and I) have quickly become friends! We met for drinks at Batch Gastropub in Brickell the night
Bilzin Sumberg is thrilled to welcome our 2014 Summer Associate class on their first day of the program today. To learn more about our 2014 Summer Associates, click here.
The Summer Associates spent the first
The first week of the summer associate program, Marshall Pasternack and Jessica Buchsbaum told us that the summer was going to fly by. Now, nine weeks later, I realize that they could not have been more right. My summer at Bilzin Sumberg has been an
Last summer, I worked on a research assignment for Phil Stein for some mortgage repurchase cases the firm was working on at the time. This summer, my work on these kinds of cases continued. Not only did I get to work with Phil again on another research project, but I am also currently working with
This week, we all put on our aprons and cooked our dinner at Two Chefs for a summer associate alumni event. We managed to make ourselves an amazing dinner including tuna tartare, chicken kabobs, seared salmon, risotto, and chocolate soufflé that still had me feeling full this morning.
I know, with all the fun events
Time is flying. Last week we all had our midsummer reviews with Marshall Pasternack, Jessica Buchsbaum, and our mentors. At the review we discussed our individual summer experiences, assignments, and areas of interest. It was a great opportunity to receive feedback on my assignments and to talk about my transition into Bilzin Sumberg
Last week, the summer associates participated in a Federal Court Observer Program. Summer associates from the south Florida area shadowed attorneys during several hearings and participated in question and answer sessions. A moment that stands out is when a summer associate asked a thoughtful and brave question: “What tips do you have for the next
Looking back on this week, yesterday definitely gets my vote for BEST.DAY.EVER. at Bilzin Sumberg! (Note: this will probably change by next week when I have a new best
Today we officially welcomed the 2013 Summer Associates!
Most of the day was spent in orientation, but they’ll be picking up assignments tomorrow and blogging by the end of the week. This
In preparation for our 2013 Summer Associate program, we’ve been working on a project that will be a useful tool for our incoming summer classes. This project quotes anonymous evaluations of previous summer associates by Bilzin attorneys over the last few years and is broken down by topic. These topics include attitude, time management, preparation