Morgan Lewis

Fast Facts The Summer Associate Program in Princeton

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: 1992
Number of Lawyers: 10 Partners | 1 Counsel | 26 Associates
(as of June 2007)
Number of 2007 Summer Associates: 1
Number of 2006 Summer Associates:  2 2L
Number of 2006 Offers:  2  | Acceptances:  2

KEY PRACTICE AREAS

  • Business and Finance
  • Labor and Employment
  • Litigation

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

  • Firmwide orientation held offsite (learn more).
  • Partner and associate mentors for each summer associate.
  • Professional development and training opportunities.
  • In addition to training programs and social events in the Princeton office, the summer associates are invited to participate in programs and events in the Philadelphia and New York offices.
  • Luncheon seminars and social events with practice groups.
  • Mid-summer and end-of-summer evaluations.
  • Opportunity to take assignments in all practices, no formal rotation.
  • Optional Public Interest Community Service (PICS) Program offered to all summer associates (learn more).

2007 PRINCETON SOCIAL & NETWORKING EVENTS

  • Welcome reception
  • Bowling
  • Texas Holdem' event
  • Trenton Thunder baseball game
  • Broadway play and dinner
  • Dinner with practice groups
  • Farewell cocktails at Salt Street Grill

2007 PRINCETON ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION

  • Summer Associates
    • $30,800 per-summer compensation
  • First-Year Associates
    • Base compensation $145,000
    • Relocation expenses
    • $6,500 stipend to cover bar expenses
    • 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 Princeton Office Fact Sheet (PDF).

Download the Princeton NALP form (PDF).