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Monday, June 22, 2009
Law - "Howrey Introduces Apprenticeship Program for Associates" [Updated]
This is interesting. Jeff Jeffrey of the Blog of Legal Times did the report on Howrey LLP that begins:
Starting this fall, Howrey will begin selling recruits on a new program at the firm in which associates will spend their first two years serving as “apprentices” before taking on significant client work.Approaching the problem from a different direction is this article by Paul Lippe of AmLaw Daily, headed "Welcome to the Future: Time for Law School 4.0."As part of the two-year program, associates will spend the majority of their time at the litigation-heavy firm attending training seminars where they will learn the practical skills of lawyering, said managing partner Robert Ruyak in an interview.
During their first year at the firm, associates will take classes on legal writing and research and will work on pro bono projects to give them hands-on experience without charging clients. In the second year of the program, associates will be embedded at client sites for several months at a reduced billing rate of between $150 and $200 an hour. They will also continue to take classes on litigation skills such as trial tactics, cross examination, and mediation and arbitration.
See this WSJ Law Blog entry, posted by Ashby Jones, for much more on the new Howrey program.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 22, 2009 04:20 PM
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