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Summer Program at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson

100 Middle Street
P.O. Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104-5029
(207) 774-1200

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program is highly organized, extremely supportive, and individually tailored to each summer associate’s needs. Our summer associate program, with its 8-week in-firm rotation and 4-week pro bono fellowship, gives high-achieving law students an opportunity to work side-by-side with our attorneys, sharpen their legal skills, and gain insight into what their post-graduation careers could look like. Each summer associate gets the opportunity to work on substantive projects with our most experienced lawyers, rotating through several of the firm’s practice groups and becoming an i...

No. of Summer Associates (2022)

6 total (4 2Ls; 2 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

3 out of 4

Summer Program Length

12 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2022)

6 total (4 2Ls; 2 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

3 out of 4

Summer Program Length

12 weeks


1L Summers

Yes. Diversity Program with two 1Ls


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No. Rotation selected by summer associates


Split Summer with Another Firm

No


Split Summer with Another Office

No


When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program

? For non-OCI schools rolling starting around July (date posted on website); For OCI school, only through schools’ OCI and resume-collection programs


Summer Associate Salary

Approximately $1,825/week



Summer Program Contact

Rebecca Asen


Offices with Program

Portland, ME


Schools Visited for OCI

American University Washington College of Law

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program is highly organized, extremely supportive, and individually tailored to each summer associate’s needs. Our summer associate program, with its 8-week in-firm rotation and 4-week pro bono fellowship, gives high-achieving law students an opportunity to work side-by-side with our attorneys, sharpen their legal skills, and gain insight into what their post-graduation careers could look like. Each summer associate gets the opportunity to work on substantive projects with our most experienced lawyers, rotating through several of the firm’s practice groups and becoming an i...

No. of Summer Associates (2022)

6 total (4 2Ls; 2 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

3 out of 4

Summer Program Length

12 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2022)

6 total (4 2Ls; 2 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

3 out of 4

Summer Program Length

12 weeks


1L Summers

Yes. Diversity Program with two 1Ls


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No. Rotation selected by summer associates


Split Summer with Another Firm

No


Split Summer with Another Office

No


When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program

? For non-OCI schools rolling starting around July (date posted on website); For OCI school, only through schools’ OCI and resume-collection programs


Summer Associate Salary

Approximately $1,825/week



Summer Program Contact

Rebecca Asen


Offices with Program

Portland, ME


Schools Visited for OCI

American University Washington College of Law