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As a summer associate you’ll discover NGE attorneys share a sincere desire to nurture your talents, stoke your entrepreneurship and bring out the best in you. You’ll also discover we love our work and know how to laugh, share, collaborate, support, teach… and have a great time.
In addition to informal lunches with attorneys at all levels, practice group leaders host a lunch with the summer associates and members of his or her group. These lunches allow summer associates to learn more about the specialty areas within the firm and to network with members of different practice groups.
Determining whether the firm is a good fit for you will be based on professional as well as personal considerations. So we promise a variety of social gatherings to help you get to know us outside of the office. Save the date for:
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"As someone who entered law school with roughly seven years of experience in the professional world, I wanted to make sure that the firm I chose not only would appreciate my prior experiences, but would use those experiences and cultivate them into a successful and enriching legal career. I didn’t want the skills I had gained from my prior jobs to atrophy as I toiled away as just another “number” in a class of summer associates doing busy-work.
My summer at NGE proved to me that I had found what I was looking for in a law firm. I was assigned challenging work on real cases and encouraged to develop my own thoughts and strategies. I worked directly with associates and partners alike, and my opinions were welcomed at every level. People work together at NGE, in a way that is uncommon in many workplaces. From the beginning of the summer, I was really made to feel a part of the team.
I also came to appreciate the social interactions at NGE. Through the many summer events, I was able to get a sense of the kind of people who make up the NGE team. The attorneys and staff are smart, and engaging. I’ve built relationships and friendships here that will last throughout my professional career as well as my personal life."
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"Even during my interviews for the summer program, I could tell that this was a firm where I could build a long-term career. The atmosphere, the type of work the firm was doing, the client list — this was a down-to-earth place with a sophisticated legal practice.
That initial impression was sustained after I joined the firm as a new associate, and has continued since becoming a partner. As the firm has grown, it’s been able to maintain its roots and remain focused on its core culture and principles.
A key aspect of that culture is the firm’s commitment to enabling young associates to develop a satisfying legal career. Associates get early opportunities to form direct client relationships. As you evolve, and gain more experience, partners and clients welcome your participation and contributions on large and mid-sized deals. Associates are allowed to grow and take on more and more responsibility. Over time, clients look to associates to more directly meet their needs.
Associates also get opportunities to work closely with attorneys in other disciplines. Rather than simply handing off aspects of client matters that aren’t in the practice area, attorneys work together to share expertise. For example, as an associate I worked on a transaction with complex tax issue. Rather than leave that part of the transaction to our tax specialists, a tax partner walked me through the issues as she lent her expertise. I came away from that experience, as I have so many time since, with an appreciation for a new aspect of corporate transactions. These types of experiences have kept the work fresh, continually expanding my knowledge base."
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