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	Summer Associate Program The Summer Associate Program is the primary, but not exclusive, recruiting source for hiring first year associates at Tydings & Rosenberg LLP. Our recruiting for the program begins in the fall, and offers are made for the following summer. Our goal during the summer is to provide law students with the experience of what it would be like as an associate in the firm. We strive to provide each summer associate with broad exposure to our firm's practice areas, while allowing them the opportunity to get to know the attorneys in the firm, and to enjoy the unique quality of life at Tydings. At the same time, we seek to provide opportunities for the members of our firm to get to know and evaluate each summer associate as a potential lawyer with the firm. To accomplish our goals, we have designed a summer program that can be divided into five components: Work Distribution: Our goal is to provide assignments that are both interesting and varied, with specific emphasis on ensuring that each summer associate works with as many attorneys in the firm as possible, and experiences the broad variety of legal areas our firm has to offer. Written work assignments are assigned to summer associates based on four criteria: the work load for each summer associate; whether the summer associate has previously worked with the assigning attorney; whether the summer associate has previously received work in the particular area of law covered by the work assignment; and whether the summer associate has expressed an interest in the area of law covered by the work assignment. Our goal is to ensure that, at any given time during the summer, a summer associate has multiple assignments. We believe that, by maintaining a constant level of assignments, the summer associate's work schedule will closely parallel that of an associate in our firm. Out of Office Experience: We realize that a summer associate's work experience is limited. The majority of projects of a summer associate are made up of discreet research assignments. Our "Out of Office Experience" component to the summer program is designed to encourage summer associates to attend various legal events outside of work to observe other aspects of our law practice. Summer associates are invited to attend real estate closings, depositions, witness preparations, trials, as well as other types of activities, regardless of whether they have worked on that particular matter. During the summer, a calendar of events is created that is comprised of significant legal proceedings or dealings in matters being handled by attorneys in the firm, which calendar is updated weekly. The summer associates can pick and choose which activities they would like to attend and can contact the supervising attorneys directly. The summer associates are, therefore, able to see our attorneys "at work" in an arena that otherwise they might not experience during the summer. Evaluations: Feed back on work assignments is critical to the Summer Associates Program. After each work assignment is completed, the reviewing attorney completes an evaluation form that evaluates that specific assignment. The completed form is given to the summer associate, who may ask the attorney for a meeting to discuss the evaluation. In addition, each summer associate is evaluated by members of the recruiting committee at the end of the summer. Mentor Program: One associate is assigned to each summer associate as a "mentor" to see that he or she has the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the summer program and to be the summer associate's principal contact for general firm matters and orientation. Social Program: The firm provides activities for the summer associates throughout the summer. We sponsor a variety of social activities, including luncheons, softball games and post-game parties, and community events to which, in many cases, the entire firm is invited. Our purpose for these activities is to provide each summer associate with the chance to meet our attorneys and employees outside the professional arena. It also provides an opportunity for us to get to know our summer associates on a personal basis. Through the Summer Associate Program we endeavor to provide a realistic working and social experience that will allow us to evaluate our summer associates, and our summer associates to evaluate our firm, on an informed basis.
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