Summer Program Stats
No. of Summer Associates (2022): 16
No. of 2L Offers (2022): 10
Summer Associate Salary:
$4,038/week
Summer Program Length:
10 weeks
Summer Program Contact
Catherine Cervone Martorana
Director of Attorney Recruiting & Development
(212) 351-3400
ccervone@desmaraisllp.com
1L Summers: Yes
Split Summer with Another Firm: Yes
Split Summer with Another Office: Yes
When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program: After first semester grades for 1L, after second semester grades for 2L, and through OCI and resume collection programs
Offices with a Summer Program
- New York, NY
- San Francisco, CA
- Washington, DC
Schools Firm Visits for OCI
- Berkeley Law
- Boston University School of Law
- Cardozo Law
- Columbia Law School
- Fordham University School of Law
- Georgetown Law
- George Washington University Law School
- Harvard Law School
- NYU Law
- Stanford Law School
- UCLA School of Law
- University of Chicago Law School
- University of Michigan Law School
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- University of Virginia School of Law
Career Fairs Attended
- Loyola Patent Law Interview Program
Our Survey Says
Training & Assignments
- “The summer experience did track the type of work expected of associates. I drafted briefs and researched legal issues and met with associates and partners to discuss my work and overall case strategy.”
- “I definitely received substantive work assignments as a summer. I was staffed on one particular case team and was pretty well immersed in the trial strategy for that case. I would say that the main difference is that full-time associates receive a much larger quantity of work.”
- “The summer experience at Desmarais was honest and eye-opening. I was given the opportunity to immerse myself with various teams, which include joining in all team meetings, helping various associates to complete substantive assignments, and even attend meetings with clients and experts.”
- “The summer associate program was generally a good introduction to life as an associate. I worked on tasks that an associate would have done had I not completed them. It was obviously less intense than life as an associate and expectations were lower, but it was a good introduction to the types of work I now do as a law clerk.”
Favorite Summer Events
- “Summer boating event at John Desmarais' house.”
- “Cocktail-making lessons.”
- “The NITA trial training program was great.”
The Firm Says
We view our summer program as the first three months of an incoming associate’s career. We staff our summer associates on our case teams just like our other associates —by considering the particular summer associate’s interests as well as the firm’s needs. Summer associates work with attorneys at all levels, from first-year associates to partners, and they become an integral part of their teams. We provide formal training for our summer associates, including weekly lectures, and trial advocacy training programs—the same type of formal training programs we provide to our full-time associates. We also provide informal training to our summer associates through constant feedback regarding their work assignments. In addition, we try to give our summer associates the opportunity to experience many different aspects of patent litigation, and often invite them to attend client meetings, court hearings, depositions, and trials.