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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 22, 2008

Doing Your Homework

Melissa Poole offers advice on how to make the summer associate experience a good one. - Summer Associates Column

SUMMER ASSOCIATES COLUMN

By Melissa Poole
This article appears on Page 4

      My summer associate experience was just about ideal. I knew I wanted to practice California water law, so I did my homework about firms that had good water practices. I interviewed with those firms (there was only one that really stood out) and got the summer position I wanted. I worked hard over the summer and at the end of the program, received a job...

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