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&lt;p&gt;While in-house counsel positions are typically reserved for experienced lawyers with several years of law firm practice behind them, many companies are offering law students a head start. According to the latest issue of &lt;i&gt;Diversity &amp;amp; the Bar&lt;/i&gt;, a magazine published by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, some major corporations&amp;#8212;including GE, Microsoft, Prudential and Verizon Wireless&amp;#8212;are expanding their summer internship programs to target first-year law students.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The internship is not just a summer job; it&amp;#8217;s also an opportunity to build networks that can shape the rest of your career. As Barrington Lopez, general counsel of Verizon Wireless&amp;#8217; Midwest division, explained to &lt;i&gt;D&amp;amp;B&lt;/i&gt;, &amp;#8220;The students gain the value of the internship, and the company helps establish future talent that will consider us an employer of choice.&amp;#8221; In addition, he adds, &amp;#8220;we want to make sure we&amp;#8217;re doing our part to ensure that there are diverse and women attorneys among the candidates for our future openings.&amp;#8221; At Microsoft, interns &amp;#8220;become part of an extended family,&amp;#8221; according to Sandy Brown, who manages the legal intern program at the software giant&amp;#8217;s Redmond home. According to the article, Brown &amp;#8220;has a network of close to thirty former Microsoft interns that she follows and reaches out to as they develop in their careers.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These programs offer students valuable legal experience, opportunities to find mentors and establish long-term relationships, and practical career advice. But the benefits run both ways. In the words of Susan Blount, Prudential&amp;#8217;s general counsel, &amp;#8220;There are two things that we get out of hosting interns. Our employees really enjoy doing this; they get a morale boost. And we make a positive impact on the profession from a diversity standpoint.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/p&gt;

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