Think of your summer experience as an 8 to 10 week interview. In addition to the fundamentals, review the resources below and learn what you can do to make a great impression over the summer.

In addition to fundamentals, the following resources address the specific needs of junior associates. Take time to review all the information and to make sure you hit the ground running.

We’re happy to announce a new program that’s designed to help students and new grads develop their practical legal and business skills this spring and summer. Whether you’ll be working remotely, have had your summer positions shortened or postponed, have time before beginning to study for the bar, or otherwise want to sharpen your skills, we’d like to support your ongoing learning over these next few months and help you become even more practice ready.

Review the following tutorials and resources to further support your professional development.

• Listen to our podcasts in the Advice from the Exerts Series and learn valuable tips for Summer Associates and Junior Associates.
• Complete the Prepare to Practice program by LexisNexis. This tutorial is design to help students master some of the practical skills you need to arrive practice ready on day one.
• Hotshot Legal uses short videos to teach a range of legal and business topics. The videos provide simple explanations of complex concepts. Topics include Accounting & Finance, M&A Basics, Excel & Data Analysis, and Venture Financing, and new content is continually added. Just click on the link above, click sign up, and fill in your name, HLS email, and create a password.
• Developing the Professional Lawyer – Student Tip Videos. Created by the National Association for Law Placement, these interactive e-learning modules are a simple way to help you focus on some of the core elements of professionalism.
• Checkout additional Professional Development resources including previously recorded OCS Programs and online resources.