Summer Associate Program

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Summer Associate Program

The firm hosts a nine-week program that includes ample training and significant client contact for the summer associates. The summer associates are able to work on a variety of projects and with many of the practice groups. The summer associates may choose work assignments from any practice area of interest, either through the firm's work-assignment database or directly from attorneys. May be asked to draft board-meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, venture financing documents, closing documents for transactions, and answers to complaints. May attend board meetings, depositions, judicial proceedings, IPO drafting sessions, and client meetings. During the program, summer associates have opportunities to engage with firm leadership. Summer associates are invited to attend practice group meetings, trainings, and events, which provide ample opportunity to interact with practice group leaders. Summer associates may take assignments from litigation and corporate groups. Summer associates are assigned an associate mentor from the group ranked as first or second choice. The mentor will have several assignments ready at the start of the summer program. Summer associates may receive work assignments directly from attorneys or from the firm's work-assignment database. For example, summer associates interested in litigation can help case teams prepare for depositions, summary judgment hearings, and appellate arguments. Those summer associates can also generally attend the depositions, hearings, and other oral arguments for which they helped prepare. Similarly, summer associates interested in corporate and securities practice can attend IPO drafting sessions and help with due diligence, lock-up tracking, and other IPO-related work. Other examples of corporate assignments include attending a board meeting and drafting minutes, or attending a new client meeting and preparing incorporation documents and Series A financing agreements. The firm provides many pro bono assignment opportunities during the summer program, and strongly encourages summer associates to take advantage of these.

Company info

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1 Market Plaza Suite 3300
San Francisco
California
United States 94105
Website : http://www.wsgr.com