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