Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton" in 2016. Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett recently bought orchestra seats at the musical for roughly 150 summer associates. For Summer Associates, Experience in 'Real Matters' Trumps Recreational Perks
While they appreciate lavish experiences, summer associates also want to know what life in Big Law will actually be like.
September 27, 2024 at 01:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
When Big Law firms want to show summer associates a good time, they write checks.
In a recent American Lawyer survey of 3,077 summer associates at 71 law firms, a Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton summer couldn't decide whether they had more fun at a party on a yacht or a party in the Hamptons.
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- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Clifford Chance
- Dechert
- Day Pitney
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- DLA Piper
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
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- Kelley Drye & Warren
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Paul Hastings
- Polsinelli
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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- Duane Morris
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- Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
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- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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- Holland & Knight LLP
- Hogan Lovells
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