Training Program Highlights

Lawyers, from day one, work alongside their more experienced colleagues in a collaborative manner to assist the firm’s clients in their most complex, high-profile and bet-the-company matters.

First and Second Years:

• Week-long orientation kicks off a mandatory two-year curriculum for all new associates
• Training in substantive, practice-focused topics as well as lawyering skills
• Every associate is assigned an associate and a partner mentor
• Corporate unassigned program allows you to sample all of our M&A, Finance, Capital Markets & Securities, Intellectual Property Transactions, Private Equity and Private Funds practices
• Litigation Associates participate in drafting litigation documents and brief writing, document review and e-discovery
• Associates in Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization and other transactional departments have specific departmental curricula in addition to selected sessions of corporate and litigation curricula
• Basic financial literacy training
• Professional skills such as client service, managing across differences, time management and professional responsibility
• Introductory Pro Bono training, including the ethics of representation, overview of opportunities and subject matter-specific training

Midlevel Associates:

• Midlevel Associate Conference focuses on transition to the next stage of your career
• Managing Effectively Across Difference workshops to strengthen inclusive management skills
• Trainings on making the transition, managing from the middle, firm economics, client relations and career development
• Litigation associates participate in deposition, oral argument and trial examination workshops
• Advanced financial literacy training targeting specific practice areas
• Participation in regular departmental and practice group update

All Levels:

• Access to oral presentation skills and writing skills training throughout your career
• Participating in regular departmental and practice group updates
• Direct mentorship from Pro Bono team and supervision by partners on pro bono matters
• Access to a wealth of CLE programs, including online and video courses and programs offered by organizations with whom we partner