2024 DIVERSITY DATABASE UNDERWRITER Kramer Levin

• “The summer program was great. I got to experience a variety of things, including attending a trial where I was able to assist with the demonstratives, and feel like an active part of the team.”
• “Assignments were delegated fairly, with the opportunity to volunteer for work from specific practice groups when available. Summers were given the opportunity to sit in on and shadow calls, negotiations, and depositions. Substantive work assignments were given with supervision and hands-on training.”
• “There were a good deal of training sessions. I found that I got substantive and interesting work assignments, but everyone at the firm was very cognizant of and stressed the fact that it's not the point of the program for the summer associates to be especially busy with work. It was made clear to us that we should not be getting assignments that required us to work real hours in the evenings or on weekends.”
• “My assignments included research, creating presentations, shadowing deal workstreams and calls, and some markup of deal docs. It seemed to me like summer associates were given a level of substantive experience that each individual could understand at that time.”

• “The program had weekly social events where you got to interact with various levels of attorneys. Because of the small class size, the summer associates become very close with one another and are able to build a network of support. Overall, Kramer's structure gives junior attorneys frequent opportunities to interact with and learn from senior attorneys.”
• “The class is small, only around 18 people or so, so I got very close with everyone. Now that all of us are back as associates, we still keep in touch and meet regularly. The firm does an excellent job of planning social events, which help everyone get to know their classmates.”
• “We had around one social event a week, which was a perfect balance. We were able to socialize frequently as a summer class, which brought us together and has kept us close upon starting at the firm. It helps that we are a small summer class and can really get to know one another. This also helps with interacting with firm attorneys because the attorneys engage with the summers, and there is a good chance they actually remember who you are once you start working.”
• “The firm offers a wide array of activities ranging from a cooking class all the way to a bus tour around New York City. All of the events are fun and are well-attended by various lawyers at the firm.”

• “Kramer's summer program provides excellent insight into what it is like to be a junior associate at the firm. Everything promised as a summer was delivered upon starting.”
• “I felt as though the firm was straightforward. Spelled out the good and the bad, and the experience has aligned with this. There was no sugar coating what life would be like.”
• “I don't feel I was misled at all. I'm definitely being tasked with more substantive and challenging work now as an associate, but that was expected. What hasn't changed is how associates and partners treat me, and I've been pleasantly surprised that the associates I work with are so invested in making sure I'm doing well and progressing.”
• “I think my experience as an associate is similar but for more substantive work and expectations. The culture is positive, and the attorneys are happy/reasonable.”

• “Various practice-specific mixers, boat cruise around the city.”
• “The boat cruise dinner, driving range, and cocktail receptions.”
• “We organized a karaoke event that was very fun. We also did a scavenger hunt that was universally panned, but it was only because it was on the hottest day of the summer, and it gave us something to talk about for years to come!”
• “Attending a baseball game with the summer class was highly enjoyable.”

Everything about the Kramer Levin Summer Associate Program is meticulously designed to provide summer associates a strong start to a successful career. From the day the summer associates join the firm, they will be treated as a practicing attorney — doing real work, learning vital skills, working side by side with some of the finest attorneys in the world. By the time the associate heads back to school, they will understand what it is like to be a lawyer.

The Summer Program will give summer associates insights into our firm’s distinct character in a way that no formal interview could. Every summer associate is given intensive, hands-on work, and participates in active matters — going to court, writing memoranda, sitting in on client meetings and generally doing what a first-year associate does. We also host social activities so that summer associates are able to spend time with our partners/associates in a fun setting.