Nine weeks ago, we walked through Bilzin Sumberg’s doors eager to learn what it meant to practice law at one of South Florida’s leading firms. Since then, we’ve had the opportunity to work on challenging assignments, learn from exceptional attorneys, and build relationships with people who have made this summer as rewarding personally as it
I was very involved in the summer program at my former accounting firm. I assigned work, gave evaluations, and led tax preparation trainings for interns in different practice groups. Just last year I was a tax professional mentoring others; now I am a student being mentored.
Having been on the other side of things, I
I still remember walking into the office on my first day, pen and paper in hand, ready to soak up all the information I could. Now, somehow, I’m sitting down to write my final blog post of the summer. Eight of our nine weeks have already gone by. Where did the time go?
Looking back
One of the first things I heard about the Bilzin Sumberg summer program was that it flies by. With my second summer now winding down, I can confirm that this is true. Somehow, my second summer went by faster than my first, and while I’m excited to begin the last chapter of my law
When most people think of the Miami Dolphins, they probably picture touchdowns, packed stadiums, and Sundays during football season. What they don’t usually picture? Lawyers.
One of the highlights of our summer was getting a behind-the-scenes tour of the Miami Dolphins Training Facility, where we had the opportunity to meet with the team’s General Counsel
One of the things that has impressed me most about Bilzin Sumberg‘s summer program is that it doesn’t just introduce us to the firm’s practice—it introduces us to Miami itself. Last week, the firm’s Government Relations and Land Development Practice Group organized one of my favorite summer associate events of the summer: a guided
As we move on to the Round of 32 in this year’s World Cup, the frequency of matches is slowing down, but the intensity is picking up. Draws are out, shootouts are in, and if a team doesn’t win, they’re out. Just as Team USA will be giving it their all this Wednesday in their
At Bilzin Sumberg, between the substantive assignments, attorney tag-alongs, and packed calendar of firm events, one unwritten rule quietly reigns supreme: lunch.
While nobody will hand you a checklist or mandate it, the firm advocates for summer associates to grab lunch with as many attorneys as possible throughout the program. With two-thirds of the
With the World Cup in full swing, and Miami serving as one of the host cities, soccer fever has officially taken over the office.
The transformation has been hard to miss. Decorations have been steadily going up around the office, turning ordinary hallways and common areas into a celebration of the beautiful game we all
Many of us arrived at Wynwood Padel Club on June 16 believing that an hour of instruction would be enough to turn us into competent padel players. By the end of the evening, the summer associates had learned two important lessons: padel is much harder than it looks, and the attorneys in Bilzin Sumberg’s Tax