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Summer Associates Video 2026

[00:00:00] Isabel Hui: What stood out to me about Troutman Pepper Locke during the recruitment process was how genuine and personable all of the attorneys interviewing me were Now that I’m here, those expectations have definitely been surpassed.

[00:00:32] Arsema Tesfai: I was able to explore different practice groups and get to meet different people within those practice groups, and I feel like my advisors really took me under their wing and put me in on deals and allowed me to see what it would be like to be a transactional lawyer at Troutman.

[00:00:46] Carly Judenberg: I was approached by an attorney and he asked me to join this project, and I got the responsibility to help draft a legal strategy to pitch to a potential client.

[00:00:54] Isabel Hui: You can pick up whatever you want and create your own adventure with the project. So I’ve had the opportunity to work on a variety of different things and make sure that I’m becoming a very well-rounded attorney or summer associate.

[00:01:09] Anthony Greene: Well, I’ve seen the summer associate program from about every angle. I was a summer associate.

[00:01:14] Anthony Greene: I was a junior associate who was, uh, involved in the program. I was a partner. It is probably the most fun program we have at the firm. It’s a real investment in the future of the firm, so I think there’s a lot of value to being involved.

[00:01:28] Allie Apple: The summer associate program here is a great way to see what we do in the real world on a day-to-day basis.

[00:01:36] Allie Apple: Um, it’s also a great way to network, to get to know different people, to get to see different practice groups and really figure out what it is that you as the law student want to do to get a feel for, is this the career I want? Are these the people I want to be around? Are these the people I want to learn from?

[00:01:53] Heather Ducat: Troutman has always given me the support and the opportunities that I needed to get where I wanted to go. It’s really the people that do that, and that’s why I’m still here.

[00:02:00] Allie Apple: The people here at Troutman really make an effort to invest in their associates. We really do want everyone to succeed here, and I wish that people told me that it was okay to go knock on a door, ask for coffee, ask for lunch, because everyone here, while busy, loves to have the opportunity to talk to younger students.

[00:02:21] Isabel Hui: Everyone is still so genuine and kind and it really creates such a collaborative environment on top of, you know, all the work that we’re doing here. My favorite was going to cheer on my favorite team with everybody was really great. We’ve also had, um, some more active activities, really anything you can think of.

[00:02:38] Carly Judenberg: When people talked about the firm, it wasn’t just about their work, it was really about the culture and the environment of everyone they worked with.

[00:02:44] Arsema Tesfai: I really enjoyed Troutman’s week of service where we went to the Atlanta Community Food Bank and volunteered there as a group. I think being a summer associate at Troutman Pepper Locke or working at Troutman in general is a very privileged position.

[00:02:58] Arsema Tesfai: The fact that the firm encourages giving back to our community and humility is something that really stood out to me.

[00:03:05] Brian Fineman: You can go out on the first day, start building your practice, establishing credibility, becoming known as, uh, a junior associate who is reliable. There’s no time like the present to start acting like a partner of the firm.

[00:03:18] Brian Fineman: You can start making those relationships as a summer associate.

[00:03:20] Anthony Greene: Challenge yourself. Look for things that are hard. Lean into those things and that’s how you grow.

[00:03:26] Heather Ducat: Each summer associate is given an advisor team that’s made up of people from different practice areas and different seniority levels and stages in their career, and they all volunteer their time to help the summer associates find their way through the summer and find a permanent home here and I think that’s a really special program that Troutman provides.

[00:03:45] Arsema Tesfai: I think being at Troutman is, it’s a special place. People are really invested in you, not only as a professional, but also as a person. That’s hard to come by. I’ve really appreciated getting to know people, getting to know things about their family and their life outside of work, and then learning their work styles and their willingness to teach.

[00:04:03] Arsema Tesfai: It’s just been very valuable.

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