I think the summer associates had a fantastic experience during the program and I hope they feel that we honored our commitments to them.
From the firm’s perspective, we feel like they certainly honored their commitment to us. They were serious about the work, made a strong effort to interact socially and professionally with
On Tuesday night, we held our trivial pursuit challenge. It’s a not-so-annual summer associate program tradition, where we team up summer associates, summer associate mentors and some of our most senior attorneys to compete against each other in trivial pursuit.
This year’s team captains were:
Last night, the Restructuring & Bankruptcy group hosted their summer associate event at Two Chefs. We were able to cook together (supervised by professionals, of course) and get to know each other a little better. We stayed on task because Chef Jose told us if we didn’t cook, we weren’t eating!
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Wednesday evening, Bilzin Sumberg hosted a wine and cheese event for all of the firms’ employees to enjoy. This is not an event that is hosted solely for the summer associates; instead, this is a gathering that is hosted every few months for casual mingling, eating and drinking amongst the attorneys and staff. We
During the summer, each practice group hosts a social event for the summer associates. The goal is to allow the summer associates to get to know each practice area’s attorneys in non-work settings. We also like to showcase Miami – adding a charitable component is icing on the cake!
Yesterday evening, our Land Use
Today was the first day of the summer program. The summer associates were in orientation for most of the day, learning about the various administrative departments and procedures.
We had lunch with the Managing Partner, John Sumberg, the Executive Director, Michelle Weber, and the
The summer program begins on Monday – we are less than one week away!!!
Now that summer associate mentors are assigned and taken care of, it’s time to focus on our training program! We start at the beginning, the very beginning – Orientation. From day one we want our summer associates to have access to all levels of firm administration
As part of the Summer Associate Program, we provide opportunities for summer associates to form personal relationships with attorneys through social events. The social aspect of the program sets the stage for bonding, team building, learning about practices in a more relaxed environment and maybe even some friendly competition.
Each practice group hosts an
In my previous post, I discussed the importance of a good summer associate mentoring relationship – if we get this right, the summer is much easier for us and for the summer associates.
Without further ado, we are pleased to announce that our summer associate mentors have been fully assigned. Each mentor will be reaching out to his/her mentee in advance of the summer to become acquainted.
In future posts, I expect that you’ll hear from the summer class about their mentor relationships.
Keep reading to learn more about the mentor program and mentor selection process. . .
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