Once considered among the highest end of high-end summer gigs, the position of “Summer Associate” is apparently a dying art at today’s law firms, with recruitment for said position reaching the lowest point in more than a decade. Offers to law student interviewees were down almost 20% from last year alone. What is causing this shift, and what can recruiters in other high-wage industries take away from it?
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Once considered among the highest end of high-end summer gigs, the position of “Summer Associate” is apparently a dying art at today’s law firms, with recruitment for said position reaching the lowest point in more than a decade. Offers to law student interviewees were down almost 20% from last year alone. What is causing this shift, and what can recruiters in other high-wage industries take away from it?
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2023 was a tough year for landing Big Law summer associate positions! According to the latest report from the National Association for Law Placement, firms extended a staggering 19% fewer offers than the previous year, leaving law students navigating a tougher job market. Dive deeper into the insights by tapping the link below 🔍 https://ow.ly/HkEu50QRERX #legalnews #LevelEsq #lawyers
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Happy Friday! Let's help the law students on here who are still looking find summer jobs. If you work at a law firm or other law-related organization and are looking for summer help, post the details in the comments. 👇 #lawschool #networking #lawpractice
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Florida Lawyer | Board-Certified in Appellate Practice | Lawton Law, PLLC | Of Counsel to The Brownlee Law Firm, P.A.
Are you a lawyer looking to hire a law student for the summer? Are you a law student looking to be hired by a lawyer for the summer? Check out Melanie Kalmanson's post below, and go add your comments. Happy Friday! #lawyers #lawstudents #lawjobs #summerlawjobs #attorneys
Happy Friday! Let's help the law students on here who are still looking find summer jobs. If you work at a law firm or other law-related organization and are looking for summer help, post the details in the comments. 👇 #lawschool #networking #lawpractice
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If your firm is hosting law clerks this summer, please share with them this free, virtual opportunity to hear some tips and tricks from the FBA's younger lawyers on a successful clerk summer!
The New Orleans Chapter Younger Lawyers Division will host a virtual Summer Associate/Clerk Tips and Tricks Session on Tuesday, May 16, 2024 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CT via Zoom for law students. Young lawyers will discuss tips and tricks to help you prepare for your 2024 summer jobs and clerkships. They will share insights on how to have a successful summer and help you navigate potential concerns. Please come with questions. This is a free event, but registration is required. Registration required by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below. https://lnkd.in/dcJHXMrc
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Founder & CEO of Lateral Hub & Summer Associate Hub | Fenwick + Cleary Gottlieb Alum | Tech Transactions Attorney
I was speaking with a law school career services advisor last week, who articulated it perfectly: "Students just want to know what firms are looking for." So, a few days later, we had a blog post published on our Summer Associate Hub platform, "What Do Firms Look For?" Of all the advice we give students in our content about interviewing, networking, navigating pre-OCI recruiting, etc - this blog post goes back to basics and answers this key question. TLDR: firms are not looking for knowledge of the black-letter law or wizard-like legal analysis. As a student looking for a 2L summer associate position, you only have one year of law school under your belt. The 1L curriculum is intellectually stimulating, but is not indicative of the life or substance of a job as a BigLaw attorney. Instead, firms look for the skills that make up the building blocks of a successful attorney. --Genuine interest in learning new things (and the firm's practices) --Good judgment --That you are someone that team members want to spend time with when it's the middle of the night and you are signing a deal that has been going on for weeks and kind of stressful (which requires a positive attitude) - I've heard Jonah Perlin refer to this as the "Toledo Test" - is this someone you want to be stuck in Toledo with on a business trip? (No shade to Toledo.) --You take initiative --Attention to detail --Team player --Ability to explain complex concepts clearly Instead of trying to prove that you are a natural-born lawyer who was reading SCOTUS dissents for fun at age 6, and that you worked as an intern for that law firm in your hometown 4 years ago because you have undying passion for law, students should use their application materials and the interview process to showcase these characteristics from their prior experiences in school and at work. And convey to the firm why those characteristics make the student a great fit to be a successful attorney at the firm. This is certainly not an exhaustive list. Anything you think should be added? #lawfirms #lawstudents #biglaw #lawschool
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Appellate Practice Chair at Kramon & Graham, P.A. | 2024 MSBA Litigator of the Year | Editor-in-Chief, Maryland Appellate Blog
Rising 2Ls! For 2L summer applications, you should be intentional in deciding what size firms, in which markets. When I look back, I 🤦♂️because I was applying to the biggest firms in DC and Boston. I got caught up in the mentality I was supposed to want prestige. Anything else would be settling for less in a prestige-obsessed profession. Never mind my authority problems. Never mind that I was homesick for Baltimore. My actual thought process was that happiness was something a ways down the road after I proved myself. Again, 🤦♂️ Fortunately, although it was excruciating at the time, the big firms saw I was a bad fit and all said no. Even more fortunate, my mid-size Baltimore firm was running late in hiring, and they made me a summer offer that turned into an associate offer. I had more responsibility as a summer law clerk than I would have had as a junior associate in Big Law. Baltimore is an amazing place to live and work, and you can make a name for yourself just by doing good work. It’s fundamentally unlike the white-glove markets, where great lawyers can toil in obscurity. Big Law in big markets is perfect for some, but don’t make your decisions based on what you think you’re supposed to do.
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Education Advisory Board Member | J.D. & LL.M admissions & career/professional development consulting
When it comes to "BigLaw," we often forget that the vast majority of the 1.3 million lawyers in US do not work in that sector. Instead, most lawyers work in a) private practice and b) in small and mid-size firms. The article below drives home a few key points... Where you go to school, your academic performance and your practice areas can have a significant impact on your outcomes - which isn't news. But, as many candidates start to make decisions, they are weighing their options and the likely outcomes they may get from their respective offers. Based on many of the conversations I've had in the last week or two, many are wondering: "Am I making the right call?"❓❓❓ ❓Where does your potential school send graduations (sector, location, firm size etc)? ❓Are you looking at a practice area that is more volatile, or something that is more consistent? ❓Have you spoken to the career services office of the schools you are looking at? If you're struggling to make the right call, don't hesitate to reach out! 📲☎️📨🦉⚖️🎓
Landing a Big Law summer associate position was tougher in 2023. Offer rates to law students interviewing for those temporary jobs last year were the lowest since 2012 with firms collectively extending 19% fewer offers than the previous year, according to a report by the National Association for Law Placement. The average number of offers extended by law firms went from 28 in 2022 to 22 in 2023, while the median fell to seven from nine. The NALP figures include hiring data from more than 180 firms, with the vast majority having 500 or more lawyers. With fewer offers on the table, law students couldn’t afford to be choosy. The overall acceptance rate for law firms’ summer associate offers was 47% — the highest on record since NALP began tracking it in 1993. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gKQtR4mC
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Hard to believe that law firm recruiting season is just around the corner! If you are a law student or know one, this series of tips and information about BigLaw recruiting process is a great place to start! Please share with the law students in your life!
📢 We are now accepting applications for our 2025 2L Summer Associate Program. To help you navigate law firm 2L applications, our team of lawyers and recruiting professionals created the RISE to Big Law video series. Keep an eye out for more valuable content we will be sharing in the coming weeks! Apply now: https://bit.ly/3BmI1gt. CC: Michael Gotham #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw
Rise to Big Law | Perkins Coie LLP | 2025 2L Summer Associate Program
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Landing a Big Law summer associate position was tougher in 2023. Offer rates to law students interviewing for those temporary jobs last year were the lowest since 2012 with firms collectively extending 19% fewer offers than the previous year, according to a report by the National Association for Law Placement. The average number of offers extended by law firms went from 28 in 2022 to 22 in 2023, while the median fell to seven from nine. The NALP figures include hiring data from more than 180 firms, with the vast majority having 500 or more lawyers. With fewer offers on the table, law students couldn’t afford to be choosy. The overall acceptance rate for law firms’ summer associate offers was 47% — the highest on record since NALP began tracking it in 1993. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gKQtR4mC
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