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Summer Program

FAQ

Arrive at our offices at the time of your scheduled interview and you will be greeted by a member of the Recruiting Office, who will walk you through the process. Expect to meet with four of our lawyers for approximately 30 minutes each. The call-back interview is normally completed in two hours.

We encourage you to call, email and return to our offices for another visit. If you wish, you may request specific attorneys with whom you would like to meet, or inform the Recruiting Office of the subject matter of your remaining questions and they will determine the appropriate people for you to meet.

Yes. If you are an out-of-town student, we will reimburse you for reasonable travel, hotel and meal expenses. Please contact our Recruiting Office for more specific guidelines.

Our 2020 summer program consisted of ten weeks. We do not allow splitting the summer with other law firms. Split summers, however, are allowed with government agencies and other entities providing not-for-profit legal services, on a case by case basis.

Each summer associate is assigned a mentor partner and associate. The general role of the mentor partner is to discuss the work interest of the summer associate and to help secure assignments in those areas consistent with our "free market" system. The mentor partner and associate are charged with helping to assure that the summer associate is exposed to work and the people in any and all areas in which interest has been expressed. You will have the support you need to explore our free market system.

Summer associates are generally treated as if they were first-year associates and are given real assignments on real matters for real clients. Each year we find that our summer associates are enthusiastic and surprised by the amount of responsibility and support they were given during their summer compared to many of their peers who spend their summer elsewhere.

Yes. Pro bono is enthusiastically supported by the firm. For example, through its partnership program with The Legal Aid Society, Cahill provides pro bono counsel to young children in New York Family Courts, disabled individuals in need of Social Security benefits and tenants who are denied the most basic of services. This partnership affords Cahill summer associates the opportunity to represent, on a one-on-one basis, clients who lack legal counsel to secure rights that will profoundly impact their lives.

Many of our associates teach "know your rights" classes to high school students in NYC inner-city schools. Others have undertaken to handle criminal appeals on behalf of indigent defendants as part of Legal Aid's Criminal Appeals Project, which gives our associates primary responsibility for all aspects of the appeals, including consulting with the clients, mastering the trial record, formulating issues for appeal, drafting the brief, and conducting oral argument.

We look forward to hearing from interested applicants. If you are interested in applying for an associate or summer associate position, please submit your cover letter, resume, and a copy of your law school here.

Cindy Hasson
Director of Legal Recruiting
chasson@cahill.com