We are so excited to welcome our 2018 Summer Associates. I wanted to take a moment to officially introduce them on the blog. Right after orientation, they will be sharing the next nine weeks with you here! We can’t wait to see what the summer. . .although, we are hoping for a little less rain here in Miami.
With the summer program behind us and OCI season in full swing, we are starting to get excited around here! The first year associates will be joining us in just under two weeks and we have The Academy ready and waiting for their arrival. This year’s programming promises to be as impactful and meaningful as last year.
The impending arrival of the newest Academy members has us eager to share insights into the program through the video posted below. Over the next few weeks, Elise and Jenny will be sharing their experiences in the program on our blog.
I have the pleasure of writing the final blog post of the summer! It has a been a wonderful nine weeks full of fun, interesting work, tag alongs, community involvement, and lots of food. We appreciate the time and effort put forth by Alex, Hannah, Forrest, Eric, Luis and Lauren. They worked hard and put their best foot forward. We couldn’t ask for more and wish them lots of luck in the fall.
As we head into OCI season (gulp!), we are excited to meet next year’s bloggers (aka, 2018 Summer Associates) and look forward to sharing the Academy experience for our first year associates next month.
Yesterday, we welcomed the 2017 Summer Associates (and bloggers!) to Bilzin Sumberg. I’m excited to welcome back Hannah and Lauren and introduce to you Alex, Forrest, Eric and Luis. Throughout the course of the summer, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from them about their experience at Bilzin Sumberg – from work assignments, tag alongs, training and mentors to social events.
We have a lot planned and we are all looking forward to next couple of months together!
Today was an exciting day! Not only did our first year associates conclude their participation in The Academy for Professional Development, they also became members of The Florida Bar. Judge Thornton graciously took time to talk to us about civility, ethics and motion practice. With family, friends and loved ones present, Judge Thornton then administered the Oath of Attorney.
We hope that over the past two and a half weeks, we filled the hearts and minds of Jennifer, Jessica, Anthony and Brendan. They’ve seen great need and innovation in our community and we can’t wait for them to embark on their legal careers and grow to become leaders in our community.
Today, we are delighted to welcome back the 2015 bloggers! Jennifer, Jessica, Anthony and Brendan joined the firm today as first year associates. With law school and the bar exam behind them, they are embarking on their legal careers and we are excited to begin this journey with them. Their beginning also marks the beginning of an exciting new program at Bilzin Sumberg called The Academy for Professional Development.
Faced with a new generation of associates with a voracious appetite for hands-on training and a keen interest in becoming integral members of the community in which we practice, as well as new demands and expectations by clients that transcend conventional law school training, Bilzin Sumberg has established The Academy for Professional Development.
They’ll be blogging about it along the way and we can’t wait to share this experience with you!
I have the honor of writing the last blog post of the summer, as today was a pretty busy day for the summer associates – a group farewell lunch with mentors at Komodo, followed by a firm-wide ice cream social and lots of individual goodbyes.
As I reflect on the past nine weeks (that literally just flew by!), I’m grateful to the summer associates for their hard work and willingness to learn new things. They started the summer program with clear goals about the type of work they wanted, the tag along opportunities that interested them and the attorneys with whom they wanted to interact. We hope through the program and our training and mentoring we met – and exceeded – their expectations!
I know that they feel as though they grew professionally over the summer and made friends at the firm and among themselves. . .oh, and they had a little fun a long the way. . .
We just want to let Frankie, Elise, Geoff, Hannah, Jenny, Claudia and Lauren know that we’ll miss them (their photoshopping skills, and their very entertaining blog posts, see here, here, here, here and here)!
We are excited to welcome our 2016 Summer Associates! Today, they participated in orientation, computer training and will be ready to begin working (and blogging!) soon. We have a robust summer planned and know that they will have the opportunity to learn a lot and develop strong relationships this summer.
Check back weekly to follow their summer experience at Bilzin Sumberg.
It’s only Tuesday, but it’s been an exciting week at Bilzin Sumberg. On Monday we were thrilled to welcome home the 2014 blogging summer associates – Leah Aaronson, Desiree Fernandez, Jerry Goldsmith, and Jared Spector. They’ve officially transitioned from summer associates to first year associates, had a full day of orientation, and settled into their offices.
As if that wasn’t enough, we celebrated their admission to the Florida Bar with their families. Today, we were lucky to have Chief Judge John W. Thornton, Jr. administer the Oath of Admission to our newest associates and the festivities continued with a group lunch at La Loggia. After all, it’s not a celebration without tiramisu!
Our first years are off to a great start!
Last Friday was the last day of the summer program! We are thankful to our summer class for their commitment and effort. It is our hope that we honored our commitment to them: a real-world experience and constructive feedback. Along the way, we are confident they grew professionally and personally and developed strong relationships with our attorneys – and each other.
Thanks Jennifer, Jessica, Camille, Anthony & Brendan! It was a pleasure! On-campus interviewing is officially underway and we are excited to begin meeting next year’s bloggers.
