Welcome to the Real World

Welcome to the Real World

Understand the characteristics of the most successful summer associates, and how to use your work to make the best possible impression from day one.

Transcript

Welcome to Succeeding as a Summer Associate, Lesson One: Welcome to the Real World. 

To start with, congratulations! You passed your interviews with flying colors, dazzling all with your academic record, intellect, and personality as you secured that summer-associate position. In the summer ahead, you’ll enter the real world of legal practice. Whatever success means for you, you’ve already taken your first step towards it. 

But don’t get cozy just yet; there’s still a long way to go.

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Lessons

1. Introduction
  • Welcome to Succeeding as a Summer Associate
2. Delivering Great Work
  • Welcome to the Real World
  • The Firm, its Clients, and You
  • The Art of Taking Instructions
  • Getting Down to Work
  • Success in Writing
3. Building Great Relationships
  • The Confidence Trick
  • Summer’s Golden Rule
  • The Social Side of Summer
  • The Secret to Standing Out
  • The Challenge of Teams
4. Succeeding at Everything Else
  • The Feedback Loop
  • Perfect Presentations
  • Summer Time and Workload
  • Your Professional Summer
  • Final Impressions