Yesterday kicked off a six-week mock real estate program for the summer associates. Because a real estate deal often extends longer than our nine week summer, Bilzin Sumberg has created a program where the summer associates engage in a mock transaction. Each week, Adam Lustig will lead a seminar about the different phases of a
Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen?
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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First project, it’s been a privilege.
It is still a little surreal every time I look out the tall windows of my spacious office on the 24th floor. Light blue ocean? Palm trees? As a Pennsylvania native and a current Boston resident, the view still makes every day at the office feel a little like vacation. I can’t think of a
First Practice Area Event
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
No Train, No Gain: Building a Strong Summer Orientation Program
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
Good Pairings: Not Just for Wine!
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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