Morgan Lewis

Fast Facts The Summer Associate Program in Dallas

On-Campus Recruiting

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2007 AmLaw Survey

Applying for the Summer Program

  1. Submit your cover letter, resume, and transcripts through your career services office or to the legal recruiting contact for the office you are interested in.
  2. Screening interviews are held for qualified candidates either on campus (if available; see the calendar) or in a local Morgan Lewis office, typically 20-30 minutes.
  3. Eligible candidates may be invited to an in-office callback visit to meet with members of the recruiting committee and attorneys in the practice area of interest.

Year Office Opened: 2004
Number of Lawyers: 7 Partners | 2 Counsel | 7 Associates (as of June 2007)
Number of 2007 Summer Associates: 2 2Ls
Number of 2006 Summer Associates:  1 2L
Number of 2006 Offers:  1  | Acceptances:  1

KEY PRACTICE AREAS

  • Business and Finance
  • Employee Benefits/ESOP
  • Intellectual Property

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

  • Firmwide orientation held offsite (learn more).
  • Professional development and training opportunities.
  • "Tag-along" experience to court, congressional hearings, and client meetings.
  • Opportunity to take assignments in all practices; no formal rotation.
  • In addition to training programs and social events in the Dallas office, summer associates are invited to participate in programs and events in other offices.
  • Partner and associate mentors for each summer associate.
  • Mid-summer and end-of-summer evaluations.
  • Optional Public Interest Community Service (PICS) Program offered to all summer associates (learn more).

2007 DALLAS ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION

  • Summer Associates
    • $28,600 per-summer compensation
  • First-Year Associates
    • Base compensation $135,000
    • Relocation expenses
    • Bar expenses
    • $5,000 transition bonus paid upon graduation
    • Judicial Clerkship bonus of $25,000 for Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clerks, $20,000 for Federal District Court clerks who are hired directly from their clerkship

Download the Dallas Office Fact Sheet (PDF).

Download the Dallas NALP form (PDF).