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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;“I liked that I got to try every practice area I was interested in, could work with my work coordinator to do exactly the type of work I wanted to do, and never felt pressured to take on a big workload while I was still evaluating the firm over the summer.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“While Goodwin does its best to assign basic tasks to give its summers a general idea of how to operate in the legal hierarchy, the most interesting work came in the opportunity to shadow. Partners are extremely open to bringing in summers to get a sense of higher-level negotiations and legal analysis.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“The training I received as a summer associate was great, as I&#39;m sure is true at most BigLaw firms. But the work itself was exceptional. I was able to draft briefs, conduct in-depth legal research, and shadow attorneys in various settings like client calls, arbitrations, remote hearings, etc.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“We had very in-depth trainings and substantive assignments, including creating deposition outlines and attending depositions, writing a part of a summary judgment motion for a patent case, writing a tax advocacy memo to the IRS, numerous research assignments, taking a first pass at discovery responses, and organizing facts into summaries for deposition purposes.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;“The social aspects of Goodwin&#39;s summer associate program are a real treat. Each social event is well-planned and super fun. The firm’s attorneys are highly accessible, helpful, and interesting to talk to. There&#39;s amazing camaraderie between associates as everyone is very collegiate and friendly. My favorite summer events were designing Converse, having dinner at the hiring partner&#39;s home, and participating in a 5K marathon run.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“My time as a summer associate at Goodwin is something I&#39;ll remember fondly for the rest of my life. This firm has a habit of attracting folks who are friendly, outgoing, kind-hearted, and wicked smart. The events were great, from Red Sox games to casual after-work gatherings. Some of my favorite memories, though, are the times I went out for a cup of coffee with a partner or senior associate and had real conversations about life, work, and family. The leadership at the firm is really committed to getting to know juniors—even summer associates.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“The social events were great! There were so many opportunities to connect with partners and associates alike. We also had a mentorship ‘pod’ program that connected us with mentors from different levels. My entire summer associate group got along very well. We would often get together outside of work-sponsored events. My favorite summer events were the Drake concert, karaoke and BBQ night, and the pizza-/pasta-making class.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“The Silicon Valley office was very tight-knit, from the first-year associates to the partners. Happy hours and events for the summer program were well-attended by attorneys at all levels, lunches out and in-office were provided every day, and the summers ourselves organized social events outside of the many firm-provided socials since many people were from out of town and wanted to spend time exploring the Bay Area together on the weekends. The firm put on numerous events with the San Francisco office, including a cruise on the Bay, mini golf, karaoke, Giants baseball games, casual happy hours, volunteer events, candle-making, Topgolf, and more.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;“I&#39;ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of younger attorneys and even young partners who are willing to explain things to me and take time to give feedback.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“There is less structure. You are in more control of your day-to-day work, which also means advocating for yourself when you are overloaded.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“Practicing has been much less scary than I expected. I assumed once we started, we would be immediately expected to start billing. Instead, Goodwin’s first-year development program allowed us to ease our way in to the work. We were able to shadow and participate in various trainings to ensure we were prepared for real client work.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;“When I joined the firm as a summer, we had a more hybrid staffing model (partly centralized, partly free market). The firm told us it planned to switch to totally centralized, and it has. I have been pleasantly surprised that there is still room within the centralized model to make requests for certain types of work/certain teams. Separately, I was unaware of how long our training program would be (eight weeks), which proved at times frustrating but ultimately quite helpful and nice to ease into things.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

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