Summer Associate Blog


Week 8 2020

Mock Trial: What a Thrill

After weeks of anticipation, the mock trial has come and gone, and it was just...

Week 8 2020

First Virtual Mock Trial in RumbergerKirk History and the Beginning of the End

Sadly, the summer is coming to an end. It has flown by, and thinking of...

Week 8 2020

Summer’s End: Mock Trial Madness

I cannot believe this summer went by so quickly. These past few weeks, spent mostly...

Week 7 2020

The Key to a Successful Mock Trial: Practice

Next week is the pinnacle moment of the Summer Associate Program where our summer associates...

Week 7 2020

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I can’t believe there are only two more weeks before the end of the Summer...

Week 7 2020

Direct and to the Point!

Week seven was perhaps the busiest week I have had at RumbergerKirk. As the mock...

Week 7 2020

Welcome to the Life!

Week 7 was pretty hectic for me. It felt as if every day I had...

Week 6 2020

A Closing to Remember

Week six was an absolute blast. More so than weeks prior, I stepped well out...

Week 6 2020

Happy Birthday to Me!

On Monday, I started working on an assignment from partner Samantha Duke. She tasked me...

Week 6 2020

Making the Most of Summer

This week started with a weekly virtual meeting in the Tampa office. The attorneys went...

Week 5 2020

The Write Stuff! And the Winner is…

Congratulations to Jose Espinosa for winning this year’s Summer Associate Writing Competition! This is the...

Week 5 2020

Writing, Writing and More Writing…

Coming back after the long weekend there was plenty to do! I got to work...

Week 5 2020

Motion Practice Makes Perfect

Week five came just as fast as week five went. It was an absolutely fun...

Week 5 2020

The Mid-Point: Where has the Time Gone?

We have now reached the half-way point of the Summer Associate Program! The first half...

Week 4 2020

Writing Competition Assignment Complete!

This week our writing competition assignments were due, so it was definitely my priority. On...

Week 4 2020

To Write Well Is to Think Clearly: A Motion in Limine Story

Penning this post, it dawned on me that I completed my first month as a...

Week 4 2020

A shorter week, but just as jam-packed!

Week 4 may have been a shortened week due to Independence Day, but it was...

Week 3 2020

First Week Fully Remote!

Last week, I had my first taste of what it was like to work remotely....

Week 3 2020

Week three was full of work, work, work!

On Monday, the Summer Associates attended a virtual meeting with Orlando partner Steve Klein. Steve...

Week 3 2020

The Summer Writing Competition is Afoot

Week three was a blur. Between attending my first real (virtual) deposition with my mentor,...