Year Office Opened: 1873
Number of Lawyers: 102 Partners | 16 Counsel | 132 Associates
(as of March 2012)
PRACTICE AREAS
- Antitrust
- Business & Finance
- eData
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy
- Intellectual Property
- Investment Management
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Personal Law
- Real Estate
- Tax Controversy & Consulting
- Pro Bono
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- Firmwide orientation held off-site
- Partner and associate mentors for each summer associate
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Luncheon seminars and social events with practice groups
- Mid-summer and end-of-summer evaluations
- Opportunity to take assignments in all practice groups; no formal rotation
- Optional Public Interest Community Service (PICS) Program offered to all summer associates (learn more)
PAST PHILADELPHIA SUMMER PROGRAM EVENTS
- Welcome dinner
- Phillies game
- Art museum tour led by a Morgan Lewis partner
- Lucky Strike bowling event
- Partners and summer associates vs. associates softball game and BBQ
- Community service day
- Cooking event
- Mural arts tour
- Food challenge
- Final bash
- Weekly summer associate breakfast
- Summer associate and associate happy hours
WHAT FORMER MORGAN LEWIS SUMMER ASSOCIATES SAY
- “All of the practice group presentations were informative and enjoyable.”
- “The assignment process was great. Great tag alongs.”
- “The assignment database is a fair way to get interesting assignments. I also was able to ask for assignments when the database did not have anything in the practice group I was interested in.”
- “The mentoring I received was the highlight of my summer.”
- “The community service day at Project HOME was especially meaningful.”
- “I really enjoyed the variety of events; the art museum tour was so interesting and different from other events. The food challenge was also really fun and the community service day was a great change of pace.”
- “The summer associates were a fairly cohesive group. We balanced each others’ strengths and weaknesses, and I really enjoyed working with them.”
- “I think the summer associates really bonded this year and the class was great.”
- “The summer program definitely surpassed my initial expectations.”
- “It was really a wonderful experience. Everyone I met was welcoming and offered to answer any questions I had. The assignments I received provided me with a great insight into life as an associate at the firm.”