Goodbye, summer camp; hello, boot camp; summer associates find a tough new world at firms. 'Deep thinkers' less needed
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Firms nationwide have revised their summer associate programs to emphasize development of practical skills and inculcate a sense of the firm's corporate culture. Long considered relatively frivolous, the programs now seek to make associates pay for themselves, due to greater billing and client pressures. An emphasis on students with client relations skills has replaced one on deep thinkers, and some firms offer significant cash bonuses to summer associates who stay through the entire 10-week period.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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This summer's hot-button trials are professor's typical caseload
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Professor Michael E. Tigar of the University of Texas School of Law has been lead defense attorney in many well-known cases. These have included the defense of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk, the attempted court-martial of Air Force Major Debra L. Meeks for sodomy and the defense of Terry Nichols in the Oklahoma Bombing case. The law school's Dean Michael M. Sharlot says involvement in high-profile cases is not out-of-the-ordinary for the law school and does not hurt its image.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Beach reading - professor style: how they spend their summer
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Summer vacation means that law professors have more time for recreational reading. Their recreational reading runs the gamut from history to mystery and religion. Walter Mosley is a popular mystery writer and it is interesting that John Grisham is not. Perhaps it is because his books are not escapist enough. The recent 'Hitler's Willing Executioners' by Daniel Goldhagen makes the reading list of some in the history division.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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