AZA

• “Summer associate positions involve substantive work on real cases. I wrote our response to a motion and argued the hearing. The social aspects are not the focus, but there are plenty of lunches, dinners, and events for the summer associates. My favorite summer event was go-karts; there is also a karaoke night, trail running, paintball, etc.”
• “I was an active participant on the trial teams and cases. I was given incredible opportunities as part of trial teams, and given the space to meaningfully contribute at a jury charge conference, during a deposition of a major witness, etc. The mentorship provided was unparalleled in both formal mentoring opportunities and informal ones. There were many events that allowed me to get to know my fellow summers and the lawyers at the firm. The connections I developed as a summer have been invaluable during my transition to firm life.”
• “Incredible experience professionally and personally. No made-up busy work but substantive and engaging assignments.”
• “… As a summer associate, I was integrated with multiple trial teams and given meaningful, substantive work that was used in the very cases to which I was assigned. There is no fake throw-it-in-a-filing-cabinet work at AZA. ...”

• “I have more independence and work harder.”
• “…The AZA summer program is an honest glimpse of life as an AZA associate.”
• “The only difference is the absence of summer events. Otherwise, it is the same.”
• “I have had even more stand-up time in court as a junior associate than I anticipated I would [when I was] a summer.”

AZA summer associates can expect to get a substantial taste of what it is like to work with our team of trial lawyers. We strive to make this summer clerkship as close to a working lawyer experience as possible. Just as our new lawyers can expect a meaningful role in at least one trial in their first year with us, our summer associates can expect to witness at least one courtroom session or deposition. Summer associates work on real motions and briefs. They participate in mock arguments before former judges who will decide a winner. We want our summer associates to get real exposure to our legal work to see if our kind of trial-ready practice is one where you will excel. AZA seeks summer associates who know they want to be real trial lawyers, exhibit initiative, and yearn for a jury trial within their first 12 months in practice.