Some Summer Associates Are Unforgettable—But Not in a Good Way 4n321x

29/05/2025

Being a summer associate at a law firm can be tricky. On the one hand, you want to be ed;...

Being a summer associate at a law firm can be tricky. On the one hand, you want to be ed; on the other hand, you don't want to be ed for the wrong reasons.


On today's episode of our podcast, On The Merits, we hear from Kate Reder Sheikh, a partner in the associate practice group at Major, Lindsey & Africa, about the pitfalls that summer associates can fall into—from over-imbibing at company functions to trying too hard to get face time with a partner. She says, in the legal world, "there probably are such things as stupid questions," especially when they're being asked of a busy partner with a high billing rate.


Reder Sheikh told Bloomberg Law editor Jessie Kokrda Kamens that those most likely to fall into these traps are students who are so-called "K-through-J.D.," or who went straight from undergrad to law school.


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