BakerHostetler

• “We were given substantive work right away with adequate explanation and training from the assigning attorneys. I felt like I was doing useful, productive work and learning valuable, practical skills.”
• “Attorneys gave me substantive work assignments with a real impact on the client. Attorneys from all levels, from first-year associates to partners, assisted in training and offered shadowing opportunities for conferences, client meetings, and internal meetings. Everyone made an effort to make me feel like part of the team during my time as a summer associate.”
• “As a summer associate, I was assigned substantive work that assisted attorneys in their live cases involving research, writing, and other analyses. I was provided the training of a first-year associate regarding the firm's technology, culture, opportunities, and other firm standards.”
• “The work assignments were substantive and meaningful. They included assignments from different practice areas, which allowed me to experience different areas of law. Training was mostly virtual. It was comprehensive and fast paced. Partners and senior associates were generally good at providing helpful feedback on assignments.”

• “As a summer associate, I got to know attorneys of all different levels throughout the firm in both informal and organized social settings. The social events were well-attended by attorneys, and everyone was excited to go to lunch together. The camaraderie among summer associates was also a highlight of my summer. My fellow summer associates remain some of my great friends.”
• “The social events were unique and well-attended. The attorneys were all very open to getting to know the summer associates and made time to get coffee or mentor us in any way they could. I am still friends with the summer associates from my class to this day.”
• “Baker is true to its culture. Partners and associates go above and beyond to see you succeed. The best part, however, is seeing everyone take a genuine interest in your interests outside of work. Social events are frequent, well organized, and well-attended.”
• “We had weekly social events that took place at restaurants and one at Topgolf. We were also taken to lunch with attorneys nearly every day of the program to socialize and discuss the firm.”

• “I was pleasantly surprised at how well the expectations lined up. It was the opposite of a bait and switch. Everyone was genuine and authentic in how they answered our questions as summer associates, which tracked over to the reality of practicing as an attorney. I was not led astray in any impressions.”
• “I do not feel that anything was misrepresented to me, and every person within the firm was transparent about how it functioned. If anything, my experience practicing has been unexpected or different only in that as a summer I felt no pressure or need to expand beyond the office I was in to attempt to find work, which I have been attempting to do since starting—though this is to be expected now that I work here full time.”
• “The lawyers did a great job of making us feel welcome during our summer. While they stressed the positive parts of the job, they did not create unrealistic expectations. The kindness and consideration that the lawyers at BakerHostetler Los Angeles exuded has continued during my time as a first-year associate.”
• “The firm experience has not differed from the expectations I was given as a summer associate. I am doing substantive work and learning from the same attorneys I was working for as a summer associate. I have been able to choose my practice area while also given the opportunity to work with other practice groups and partners.”

• “Going to an MLB game and having a night out at the most popular bars with live music.”
• “Small-group scavenger hunt at the Grand Central Terminal. It gave us an opportunity to collaborate with a small group of associates and partners outside of the work environment.”
• “Wine tasting, dinners at fancy restaurants, baseball games in the firm's suite.”
• “During my time as a summer associate, I enjoyed going to lunch with different groups of associates and partners. It sounds like a boring answer, but it did not require me to stay after hours for extended periods of time and allowed me to separate work and personal life.”

Our multifaceted summer associate program will give you a taste of what it's like to work at a top law firm, offering real-world experience in a range of disciplines and providing many opportunities to connect with our lawyers, clients, and other summer associates. Throughout the summer, you will participate in a Firmwide Summer Training Program, as well as conferences, practice group sessions, depositions, trials and other court proceedings, labor arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and business transaction closings. Work assignments are closely monitored to ensure that you work on multiple projects with a variety of lawyers in different practice areas.

You will be partnered with mentors, oftentimes former summer associates, who help facilitate introductions to other attorneys in your office and offer advice and insight on our firm, culture, and clients. Feedback, both formal and informal, is provided throughout the summer.