Winston Taylor LLP

• “Training and work assignments were great. We had an internal assignment system, which worked very well at providing meaningful opportunities.”
• “Winston offered frequent trainings (just about daily), and the summer associate staffing team did their best to give summer associates a range of opportunities across practice groups, especially those that the summer associates were most interested in.”
• “I was able to do substantive [discrete] assignments, as well as practice assignments of bigger transactional pieces that were useful for learning the overall deal process and where juniors fit in.”
• “I did substantive work, including drafting a motion for summary judgment. I also got to attend [important meetings].”

• “There were weekly big events such as cooking classes or baseball games where different attorneys would attend; some were with partners, others with only first- and second-year attorneys. The summers all got along and even scheduled a trolley on our own time. My favorite memory was attending a Cubs game together.”
• “Great diversity of social activities, fantastic camaraderie between summer associates; really felt like the firm curated the associate cohort, as everyone got along well and genuinely became friends (and hung out after the summer was over).”
• “The social aspects were very fun, and it was great to talk to multiple attorneys. My favorite event was night at the Perot museum.”
• “The social aspects were wonderful. The firm planned many outings, such as sporting events and cooking classes. The events were well-attended, and there was much camaraderie among the summers.”

• “I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of responsibility I have been entrusted with as a first year. I communicate and engage with clients, I draft briefs, and I make oral arguments at hearings. Winston will definitely give you the opportunity you deserve if you demonstrate value.”
• “... I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of support and direction within the general/rotational corporate group. Many of my peers have communicated feeling ‘thrown in the deep end,’ and I genuinely feel like I have clear direction with everything I am asked to do, as well as support.”
• “I would say the experiences have been somewhat similar, aside from the fact that the workload as an associate is significantly more than that of a summer.”
• “I was able to work with different partners and practices, and that allowed me to explore different areas I had not thought about before.”

Law students who join Winston & Strawn’s summer associate program have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of corporate and litigation projects with outstanding attorneys who are welcoming, kind, and genuinely invested in their professional growth and happiness.

Winston’s greatest strength is our people, and we support them throughout their careers. Winston University, a world-class series of legal and professional skills-training programs, is the centerpiece of the firm’s learning culture. Our formal mentoring program helps entry-level attorneys begin their careers with confidence, and our full-time Director of Coaching & Well-Being provides targeted support for career, performance, and wellness goals.

Winston has embedded diversity, equity, and inclusion into the fabric of the firm. Affinity groups for Black, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQ+, MENA, first-gen professionals, and women attorneys play a critical role in the hiring, advancement, retention, and promotion of diverse lawyers throughout the firm. The firm also has affinity groups for attorneys who identify as having a disability and for veterans and active-duty service members. The firm’sFamily Network affinity group is open to parents and caregivers as well as those supporting an aging family member.

Active engagement in pro bono and within the communities where we work is a hallmark of Winston.