Fox Rothschild

• “The firm assigns to summer associates real work that would generally be given to junior associates. Senior associates and partners are happy to answer any questions.”
• “Most of the substantive assignments involved research for a brief. The assignments that were untethered from clients were a little more like busy work but were still good opportunities to build relationships with partners. The training was mostly tailored to succeeding as a summer associate and meaningfully improved once I started as a first-year associate.”
• “I got a taste of many different areas of law while working with several different attorneys and received valuable and helpful feedback.”
• “The firm provides substantive work for summer associates that allows summers to gain experience in any field of law in which the firm practices. The different experiences were informative as to which direction to go in your career. Additionally, the opportunity arose to work with associates, counsel, and partners.”

• “There is lasting camaraderie among summer associates even after summer associates return as full-fledged first-year associates after graduating. Summer associates get a lot of exposure to firm attorneys, and summer associates are usually flown out to Philadelphia (the main office) twice during the summer for orientation and business development training/projects that include social events with other summer associates.”
• “There are regularly scheduled social events and lunches with firm attorneys. Camaraderie among summer associates is strong.”
• “The social events were good. All of the summer associates traveled to the same office at the start and end of the program, and there were plenty of opportunities to socialize during those visits. At my office, everyone made it a point to get to know me.”
• “There were several social events during the summer program including a baseball game and a happy hour. It would have been nice to have more with the other local offices.”

• “The summer associate program was much less demanding than practicing. In practice, there is more work with tighter deadlines. The summer associate program was more like an assessment of my potential before giving me more significant work. But all of that aligned with my expectations.”
• “There are great substantive assignments as a first-year associate. The impression given over the summer was accurate. I am busy and feel supported.”
• “I don't go out to lunch as a real associate; we're too busy for that. I also have many, many more assignments happening at once than I did as a summer. I was able to select into the corporate group, which was great. I wanted substantive projects and client interaction, and I have been given opportunities for both of those things as a summer.”
• “It is more flexible as an associate, instead of a summer associate. I am able to explore other practice areas. However, there is much less guidance and support than when I was a summer. I am pleasantly surprised about the autonomy of getting work and finding different practice areas. However, the workflow is much less secure as an associate."

• “Mets baseball game.”
• “I enjoyed getting lunch with the attorneys at my office the most. I appreciated the one-on-one conversations.”
• “We visited a splatter painting studio where we were encouraged to throw paint at each other (while wearing special jumpsuits). It really broke down the difference of level between summers, associates, and partners—we became just a group of people having fun together in an informal setting.”
• “Phillies game and axe throwing.”

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. They 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.