Each year we encourage our summer associates to participate in a summer survey. Below are some of the comments we’ve received.
- “I expected that DPW had a great work environment
and premier work/client opportunities. Clearly, I found that to be true,
but I did not expect to find that DPW’s commitment to public service
and pro bono was as genuine and strong.”
- “I liked the flexibility of being able to design
your own summer by requesting assignments from the summer coordinators.”
- “The work was great–very interesting and very
high stakes. The people were nice, brilliant, hardworking and great to work
with.”
- “I came here with two goals: (1) to determine if
I wanted to spend a career here and (2) to figure out what practice area
I wanted to begin with. The first I decided within two weeks; this firm
is a wonderful, amazing, incredible place to work. The second I decided
four weeks before I left; without the various programs, I never would have
figured it out.”
- “Last summer–writing research memos—not
what I went to law school to do. This summer–hands-on, involved in
live deals, interesting projects and challenges.”
- “I really was pleased with the feedback I received
from all of the attorneys with whom I worked. I was extremely impressed
with the time they took to explain everything from small concepts to the
big picture to me in the course of our work together.”
- “I felt like all of my assignments were uniformly
good. I got a good mix of work, different types of assignments within my
practice group, and was able to develop several different types of lawyering
skills.”
- “I was able to attend the Second Circuit argument
on the Taubman appeal. It was great to get to see oral advocacy and meet
with Bob Fiske afterwards to discuss his strategy. I also got to work closely
with a corporate partner and it was wonderful to get to see what partners
do on a daily basis.”
- “I worked on a trial, and I found the whole experience
to be great. I was able to work on a variety of different projects for the
case, and I enjoyed only working on one thing. I also enjoyed interviewing
clients.”
- I became very involved in a single case for my entire time here and was given a great deal of responsibility - my entire experience with that team was a highlight."
- "One of my projects involved weeks of one-on-one work with a partner, developing a legal memo that was ultimately sent to the client. It was great experience to write the memo and then be part of a very involved revision/editorial process."
- "In addition to having the opportunity to work on a high-profile deal, I also really appreciated the encouragement of and opportunity to do pro bono work."
- "Being a fully-integrated member of a team and having contacts with clients. Rewarding to have responsibility and follow the transaction from the beginning till the end, or almost the end."
- "Getting to write briefs and sit in and talk on conference calls. These experiences were very exciting."
