2024 Summer Associates Survey

Law360, The 2024 Summer Associates Survey:

On-campus interview week is one of the most stressful experiences law students can undergo, as they bid for and meet the firms that could launch and shape their futures. Law360 Pulse's survey takes the measure of where they are at this moment in time

Firms were exceptionally selective in 2024, with many rolling back their summer associate programs amid a cool down in the market for junior hires. Many were also looking to land the brightest talent at the earliest possible point — in some instances, ahead of OCI.

We found a lot of anxiety among this year's cohort as to whether they'd be offered a job at the end, above and beyond any worries about whether they'd be up to the work itself. But students seemed to want to hit the ground running, with comparatively few showing an interest in fully remote work, and practice area and location remaining top draws.

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