Although we accept resumes year round, students seeking positions for the summer are encouraged to submit their resumes in August and September of the preceding year. Interviews are conducted primarily from September through November, and our goal is to have the summer class confirmed by December for the coming summer.

Summer associates rotate through two of four departments (corporate, bankruptcy litigation and securities/real estate). We make every effort to accommodate summer associates' departmental requests and, if we are unable to give them both of their choices, we try to get them at least one or two assignments from the department they are unable to work in. Within each department, there is a partner mentor and a big brother or sister to offer guidance and assistance to the summer associates.

Historically, Brown Rudnick's summer associates have been based in our Boston office. We are growing our program and, in 2007, we plan to host summers in Boston and New York. In addition to "base camp," each summer associate is invited to participate in our rotation schedule ? an opportunity to visit and work out of the Boston, New York, Hartford and Providence offices.

Yes, we do have an Associate program in most business areas. We also run a Summer Associate Program. Check the individual business descriptions for further details.

During our Summer Associate Program, you are exposed to the full range and diversity of an intellectual property law practice. The summer program stresses professionalism, training, and development. You receive real work assignments to augment the training programs you attend. In addition to professional responsibilities, sporting and cultural events provide you opportunities to interact socially with partners and associates and to get acquainted with the local area. Yes and no.

Both the Virginia and California offices of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald offer summer associates compensation that is competitive with law firms in the Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco metropolitan areas. For the Summer of 2007, the weekly salary for second-year summer associates will be $2,400; for first-year summer associates, the weekly salary will be $2,200.

The program provides Summer Associates with an in-depth view of life at Brownstein Hyatt & Farber. The program is flexible, designed to reflect the varying interests and skills of our Summer Associates. Summer Associates have the opportunity to work with many different attorneys in many areas of the firm's practice.

KMFM prides itself on recruiting and training young lawyers from Los Angeles-area law schools such as USC, UCLA, Loyola and Southwestern. We often recruit Summer Associates from top out-of-area schools who are spending the summer in Southern California. KMFM has, in the past, had summer associates from as far away as Trinity University Law School in Ireland. Several Summer Associates have gone on to join the firm as full-time Associates upon admission to the Bar.

We ask that Summer Associates spend at least 10 weeks with the Firm during the summer. We feel that this is the minimum amount of time necessary for the Firm to evaluate a Summer Associate's work product and general "fit" with the Firm as well as for the Summer Associate to evaluate the Firm. Split summers are determined on a case-by-case basis by the Hiring Partner and are only considered if the Summer Associate has previously worked at the Firm (for example, as a 1L Summer Associate).

We have at least one - and occasionally two - social events a week. These range from trips to sporting events, to visits to the theater and parties at partners' homes. There is also a three-day retreat in June to the London office for the entire summer class.

From the outset, you'll be doing work that is billable to clients - though, obviously at a junior level - as well as projects that are designed to develop your know-how and pro bono legal work.

The associate program is designed to help customers save money, you earn commission, and we expand bussness. Customers always get the biggest discount*, which is no less than $5 or 20%. You earn 10% of the service fee. It's a win-win situation for all parties.

EDS operates two full-day summer camps throughout the summer months at Eisenhower Elementary School and South Fayette Elementary School. Summer Camp is designed for students entering grades K through 7. All students have the opportunity to select from many summer course offerings including cooking classes, arts and crafts classes and a variety of sports classes.

If you attend a school where McDermott interviews on-campus, sign up for an on-campus interview through your Career Services or Placement Office. If you attend a school where McDermott does not interview on-campus, please send your cover letter, resume, and transcript to the recruiting contact at the appropriate office. 1L hiring needs are determined on a yearly basis. Please visit our website for notification of our hiring needs.

This summer our summer associates will be paid a weekly salary of $3,077. The salary is based on the first-year associate annual salary of $160,000.

If you are currently attending a law school where we recruit on campus (see on-campus schedule), please apply for an interview through your career development office. If we are not visiting your law school, please mail, e-mail, or fax a cover letter, resume, legal writing sample, and transcripts to the recruiting department of the office in which you are interested. (see how to apply.)

With the goal of replicating a first year associate's workload, we challenge each summer associate to accept a wide range of assignments. Typical responsibilities include: research and writing; attending trials, hearings, and depositions; participating in client meetings and strategy sessions; conducting due diligence; and, in some cases, directly handling client matters. Each summer associate will also tackle a pro bono client matter.

What do you think? Do you really think you can be trusted to do critical work? We don't even know you! You don't learn anything in law school to help you do real work. All you learn is theory. Theory doesn't help the client fire its employees without paying them severance. Theory doesn't help the client continue to dump toxic waste in the drinking water. You have to learn these things. And the way you learn them is by sorting paper into boxes. We know what we're doing.

Yeah, your parents, your friends, and your plants. You mean a mentor? We don't do that. Lawyers work alone. It's a solitary profession. Needing a crutch is a sign of weakness. You have to walk on your own. You have a problem? Deal with it.

The type of projects you receive during the summer varies by office. In most offices, summer associates are given the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects from each department. In certain offices, you are assigned to a practice group. Your assignments may come from any of the Firm???s many practice groups which varies by office.

Our summer program introduces summer associates to McDermott and the cities in which our offices are located. We provide summer associates the opportunity to meet attorneys in all departments through an array of social events. Some examples of events that have been held in our offices include the annual Summer Associate Retreat, baseball games, sailing, cooking classes, a night at the theatre, and scavenger hunts.

The firm looks at individual work product as well as personal characteristics shown by each summer associate over the course of the summer. Analytical ability, research and writing skills, motivation, initiative, judgment, interpersonal skills, integrity, and ability to work as a team player are among the factors considered in the evaluation process.

We always try to get our summer associates involved in our most interesting matters and give them a wide range of assignments. Summer associates conduct research, prepare legal memoranda, assist in the preparation of various pleadings and briefs and get involved in corporate transactional work. Whenever possible, we bring our summer associates to closings, court hearings, depositions and client meetings.

Summer associates, like our associates, enjoy the quality of life commensurate with the balance between personal and professional lives, as reflected by our more reasonable billing expectations.

The size of the Summer Class is determined by the Hiring Partner and Department Managers. Sherman & Howard hires only as many Summer Associates as there are anticipated first-year Associate openings for the following fall so there is no competition within the Summer Associate Program for a limited number of positions. For each of the past several years, we have invited between five and seven Summer Associates to participate in our Program.

Compensation for all summer associates is equal to that of Brown Rudnick's first year associates. Currently, the annual base salary for a first year associate is $160,000.

No. However, most summer positions are in research laboratories. You should have successfully completed courses in biology and chemistry.

Like many of the research training programs at the NIH, the Summer Internship Program is highly selective. Over the past several years, about 20% of applicants were selected for the program.

After you submit your application you may want to contact investigators with whom you would like to work. You can find information regarding NIH intramural research programs in the Intramural Research Sourcebook. If you have a particular research interest, you can access abstracts by going to the NIH Annual Reports and conducting text searches on the subjects that interest you. Once you identify investigators whose projects interest you, you can e-mail them to refer them to your SIP application.