Anyone have any crazy summer associate or general associate stories that happened at your firm? I’m reminscing haha

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If by crazy you be a torrid love affair between an associate and summer law clerk then yes, I have that story.

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One of my SA classmates married a partner at the firm. He was a young partner and she'd had a few years between undergrad and law school, so the age gap wasn't a thing. But it was still so weird for many reasons. That was like ten years ago and they're still married, so I suppose it worked out.

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Yep had the same thing happen at my firm. Also had a professor who did the same thing. Didn't Michelle supervise Barrack at some point?

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Wasn’t it at clearly and the Hudson River?

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Back in my day (before sexual harassment was a huge issue) big firms in LA sometimes had trips to Vegas for attorneys and summer associates. Bad idea!!!

I hear my firm did this too in days of yore. Has bad idea written all over it now and probably back then too!

Story I heard secondhand was that a summer associate decided his workspace was . . . insufficient, and ordered a better desk to his office.

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