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DC Summer Program Training

By far the best training that our summer associates receive is through the process of working directly with our experienced attorneys and being involved in the work we do. But we also offer a wide variety of more formal training activities throughout the summer. The following are some examples of the training activities in which our summer associates have participated in recent years:

  • Celebrity lunches with the general counsel of several local print and broadcast media companies

  • Writing seminars conducted by advanced legal writing professors

  • In-depth training seminars led by Dow Lohnes attorneys on essential law firm skills, such as document preparation, practical legal research, and time entry

  • Specialized legal training in communications research and technology-related developments

In addition to these training activities, each of our practice groups conducts a “practice group overview.” At these overviews, partners and associates discuss a wide range of issues specific to their groups, such as recent client representations and new matters, typical work projects, interesting transactions, and matters in which the group’s attorneys are involved. These overviews are intended to supplement the summer associates’ work experience with the practice groups to give a broader understanding of the depth and diversity of our practice areas.

  
“The training I received this summer at Dow Lohnes far exceeded my expectations. The training was ongoing and did not end after the first week of orientation. I looked forward to weekly gatherings where we learned everything from how to record our time to the fundamentals of corporate mergers. One of the most memorable training sessions involved legal writing instruction. I learned more in this four hour workshop than I had learned in my first-year legal writing courses. All of our trainers, whether from within or outside the firm, made themselves available to us throughout the summer, thus reinforcing the notion that summer associate training should be ongoing and not limited to a short orientation at the beginning of the summer.”

Carla McKenzie,
2006 Summer Associate from University of Wisconsin Law School