Fox Rothschild

• “The summer associate program at Fox Rothschild fully prepared me for practice at a BigLaw firm. I received substantial training that allowed me to explore different areas of law and real work assignments related to the areas of law I was interested in.”
• “As a summer associate, I was treated largely like a regular associate. I was given real work to assist with active matters and observed meaningful litigation and client interactions.”
• “I worked closely with a few partners in particular. They made sure to give me substantive assignments that included helping prepare for trial and depositions and sitting ‘hot seat’ during a trial where I was in charge of the technology to present exhibits.”
• “Summers are given assignments through a portal or on their own initiative. I found that, most of the time, I was seeking out work outside the portal. The assignments I received were mainly discrete research issues, although the partners and senior associates were very invested in my work and opinions. I truly felt as if I got to experience what it was like to be a first-year associate.”

• “Summer associates are encouraged to meet with attorneys both within and outside of the office. The firm provides a number of social events, including rooftop seats at Cubs games and happy hours. Summer associates also travel to the firm's office in Philadelphia to meet other summers for a few days, where they participate in team-building activities and training.”
• “The way the office is structured there are frequent informal social interactions with associates and partners. We had frequent happy hours either out at restaurants/bars around DC or in the office itself, which has space to entertain. My favorite event of the summer was an event among the summer associates from every Fox office that took place in Philadelphia at the end of our summers with the firm. We went on a cruise with really good food, and it was nice to check in with all the summers from across different offices.”
• “There are big firmwide summer events at the beginning and end of the program. During the summer, there are not too many social events. Probably one every other week. But the events were fun and had a good turnout of associates, partners, and business professionals.”
• “The summer program included great social events with other summer associates at different offices. I still keep close contact with those I summered with even if they were on the other side of the country.”

• “The summer program comes with a lot more guideposts. During the summer, the assignments and experience go through a gatekeeper before they get to the summer associate, and the experience is tailored to focus on relationship-building. As a first-year associate we receive a mentor, which is helpful for the transition, but the workload and the relationships in the office are largely based on the associate’s own initiative. Most importantly, I have had to learn to be my own gatekeeper for receiving work and balancing the demands, which took time.”
• “My expectations as a summer associate have generally lined up with my current practice. I've been pleasantly surprised by the number of different matters I've been able to work on, as well as the responsibility that has been given to me: I've been able to lead transactions from inception to closing in multiple different scenarios. Even though these transactions have been small, they've provided great learning opportunities, which are ones I did not think I would have this early on in my career.”
• “I would say the experience I had as a summer has translated into my experience as an associate. As a summer, I worked on substantive assignments and got solid feedback on how to improve. That same standard is how my time as a new associate has been judged.”
• “I was exposed to more areas of law than just [one practice], though I am not completely free to join whatever practice I choose. I have been given substantially more responsibility than I was expecting for my level of experience.”

Fox Rothschild’s summer program is designed to expose summer associates to a realistic view of what it’s like to practice law. The program provides ongoing interaction with the attorneys on substantive assignments and during varied social events. Summer associates receive work assignments from all departments throughout the length of the program. The assignments are interesting, and the results of that work are used by our attorneys. Special seminars are organized to expose them to each of the firm’s practice areas and administrative departments and to provide training in legal research and writing. Summer associates are also encouraged to participate in the CLE programs offered over the summer. Feedback is provided on an assignment-by-assignment basis, as well as through more formal mid- and end-of-summer evaluations. In addition, we encourage all summer associates to provide us with a detailed critique of all aspects of the summer program.