As many 1Ls and 2Ls are struggling to find work over the summer, some schools are reaching out. According to New York Lawyer, Washington University School of Law is offering a six-week summer program called Associate in Training. The program resembles law firm summer associateships and has courses in research and writing, litigation skills, client development, and accounting and business for lawyers. Students also visit law firms and conduct mock interviews, and have practicing attorneys as assigned mentors. The course costs $8,520, with available tuition remission, and students in the program earn six credits.
As reported by Above the Law, Duke Law School started its Bridge to Practice program in 2008, which provides stipends to some of its unemployed graduates so that they can work for a few months with Duke footing the bill over their employers. Nine graduates participated in the program in 2008, and the number will probably be close to 30 this year. Most participants are interested in government work or legal services rather than BigLaw. The program not only benefits the unemployed grads, but the school gains as well, since it can then claim higher employment stats and up its ranking.
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Source: The Secret to ‘100% Employed at Graduation’: Duke’s Bridge to Practice (http://abovethelaw.com/2010/06/the-secret-to-100-employed-at-graduation-dukes-bridge-to-practice/)
Source: The Next Best Thing to a Summer Associateship? (http://www.nylj.com/nylawyer/news/10/06/061010e.html?hbxlogin=1)
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