The American Lawyer Summer Associates Survey, which polled more than 3,000 students for their top pick of the best firm for summer associates, is out. And the winner is…..Gibson Dunn (Los Angeles.)
Runners up for the second and third spots are Dickstein Shapiro (Washington, DC), and Bingham McCutchen (National.) Foley Hoag (Boston) came fourth, and Katten Muchin Rosenman (National) and Morgan Lewis (National) were tied for fifth place.
The rankings are based in scores in nine key areas, including interest level of the work, how much of it was “real”, how accurately the firm portrayed itself in interviews, and the respondents’ inclination to accept a job if offered, according the survey.
Some of the survey’s other main findings were for the most part, positive. “This year’s summers were largely satisfied with the substantive quality of the work they were assigned, annoyed that they didn’t have job offers In hand by the time they returned to school, and eager to work for a longer stretch of the summer than the eight or ten weeks that most firms’ programs typically run,” according to the press release.
Hillary Mantis consults with pre-law students, law students and lawyers. She is the Assistant Dean of the Pre-law Program at Fordham University and author of career books for lawyers. Admissions questions? You can reach her at altcareer@aol.com.
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By Hillary Mantis
The American Lawyer Summer Associates Survey, which polled more than 3,000 students for their top pick of the best firm for summer associates, is out. And the winner is…..Gibson Dunn (Los Angeles.)
Runners up for the second and third spots are Dickstein Shapiro (Washington, DC), and Bingham McCutchen (National.) Foley Hoag (Boston) came fourth, and Katten Muchin Rosenman (National) and Morgan Lewis (National) were tied for fifth place.
The rankings are based in scores in nine key areas, including interest level of the work, how much of it was “real”, how accurately the firm portrayed itself in interviews, and the respondents’ inclination to accept a job if offered, according the survey.
Some of the survey’s other main findings were for the most part, positive. “This year’s summers were largely satisfied with the substantive quality of the work they were assigned, annoyed that they didn’t have job offers In hand by the time they returned to school, and eager to work for a longer stretch of the summer than the eight or ten weeks that most firms’ programs typically run,” according to the press release.
You can write to Hillary at altcareer@aol.com
Hillary Mantis Esq.
How to stand out in your 1L summer job
The UBE and Me
It’s OK to not be OK
What best prepares you for the practice of law?