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2nd year. What’s the typical bonus schedule?
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I remember I would do something like this as a summer. But that was because the lawyers told me stuff like, e.g., you should have fun during the summer, don’t stay past 5, don’t skip social events, etc. So my judgment at the time told me, I won’t prioritize work because I’m just a summer associate.
But one time, an associate whose “work” (a bullshit research assignment) I turned down for a firm lunch actually left me a bad review. In general, summers subscribe to the common sentiment that they are considered useless and don’t do any real work, without realizing that they’re secretly being tested by a handful of passive aggressive associates. Just food for thought.
I remember being a summer associate - I never turned anything down, even the frequent BS assignments. I like to think the project I needed help with today wasn’t such an assignment, but who can say (I am an interested party, after all).
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Write in review. Once a summer cancelled a meeting at the last minute because of an “important” pro bono thing. Needless to say my review pointed out that lack of judgment.
I certainly hope I’m missing context otherwise you do not seem pleasant to work for
Who cares?
I certainly don’t care enough to report it but just thought it was funny and kind of sad because when I was a summer I couldn’t fathom telling an associate no to a small task due to a lunch.
These Gen Z lol
Behavior has become relaxed that it seems anything goes in a law firm these days without consequences. Some things are okay but others definitely are not. It’s like the phrase “that’s not my job”. I’m a seasoned assistant and if an attorney asked me to help do something, I say sure thing, I will get to it as soon as I finish the project I’m working on unless it’s an emergency. Even work product is too relax. I see some pleadings and letters go out these days that shock me. Holy cow!
Well to be fair they may not know it only takes 30 mins?
Seems reasonable to me.
Ah the good ol’ days. I summered in 98 and back then, if you had a heart beat and a law degree you were getting hired. Practically our entire summer class of over 80 people got offers. We got away with so much crap during the summers. We definitely turned down work for social events. I guess things have changed 🤷🏻♂️
Seems like it