Obiter Dictum
Summer Associate:
The following provides an outline of the life cycle for a Summer Associate, from your on campus interview as a 2L, to your first day as a Kilpatrick Townsend First-year Associate:
2L
August/September
- On Campus Interview
September/October
- Callback to the Office for interview with approximately 5-7 attorneys
- Go out to dinner the night before. In Atlanta, the dinner takes place at an attorney's house, in other offices it is at a restaurant.
- Callback includes: breakfast meeting with summer chair and recruiting coordinator, interviews in attorney's offices, then lunch
- Offer extended via phone
- Offer letter sent
December
- Offer accepted by December 1
- Receive exams study gift
March/April
- Receive information regarding summer program
May/June
- Summer Program starts
- Orientation for first two days
- First day lunch with mentor
- Kickoff event in the evening during first week
- Associates Dinner - Dinner with just the Associates
- Dinner party at Partner's homes
- Legal Writing Seminar in Atlanta (all summers from all offices are invited)
- Summer Associate Retreat
- KS Softball games after work
- Community Service and Pro Bono Projects
- Farewell Party during final week
July/August
- Offers for full time employment given shortly after the program ends
- Back to school to finish final year
- Play a role in the Kilpatrick Townsend recruiting process on your campus
3L
May
- Graduation
July
- Bar exam
September
- Start at Kilpatrick Townsend as a First-year Associate