Q. Describe the interview process and a typical second interview?

A. The majority of the initial interviews take place on campus at law schools. Invitations for a second interview in our office are extended to selected students from on-campus interviews. While in our office, candidates meet with 6-8 of our attorneys, including both partners and associates.

Q. How are projects assigned during the summer?

A. We assume that most of our summer associates do not have a preferred area of specialty since they have not yet entered private practice. We also assume that our summer associates want to meet and work directly with as many of our attorneys and experience as many of our practice areas as possible. Accordingly, summer associates receive projects directly from attorneys. We do not assign summer associates to a particular practice group or have a formal rotation process. Our Summer Associate Coordinators and your mentor will meet with you regularly to make sure that you are gaining exposure to as many of our attorneys and practice groups as possible.

Q. What resources are available to summer associates?

A. Summer associates are provided with substantially the same administrative support as all attorneys with the firm. Each summer associate has an office, a computer and an administrative assistant, as well as access from your desk to word processing, e-mail, the Internet, LEXIS, Westlaw and other research software. Our law library offers an extensive collection of research materials and an extremely knowledgeable and qualified staff. We have four full-time information systems employees who maintain our computer system and conduct in-house training.

Q. What type of work is given to summer associates?

A. In order to provide a realistic view of what it's like to practice law at Krieg DeVault, we strive to provide our summer associates with work similar to that which would be given to first or second-year associate attorneys. These projects include drafting documents, preparing memoranda of law, researching important issues and attending client meetings, closings, depositions, hearings and trials. We intend for projects given to summer associates to be meaningful work for actual clients and, as such, to be billable work.

Q. How does the review/evaluation process work?

A. Summer associates receive regular feedback from attorneys with whom they work. In addition, we conduct an informal mid-summer evaluation and a final, more formal evaluation at the end of the summer. The final evaluation is based upon written comments provided by each attorney who has worked or interacted with you during the summer. Your mentor also will meet with you regularly to make sure that your summer is progressing smoothly.

Q. Who oversees the summer program?

A. The Recruiting Committee oversees the entire summer associate program and our Summer Associate Coordinators oversee the day-to-day activities of the summer associate program. Associate attorneys serve as mentors for our summer associates and are very much involved in the administration of our summer program.

Q. How much contact will I have with partners?

A. All summer associates will work with partners. Krieg DeVault's "open-door" policy encourages frequent interaction among all attorneys, whether partners, of-counsel or associates. There are also many social events during the summer that provide opportunities to interact with partners at the firm.

Q. What will be the size of the summer class for 2008?

A. For the summer of 2008, we anticipate 7-8 Summer Associates in the class.

Q. How much will I be paid?

A. Compensation for summer associates is competitive with that of other firms in Indianapolis, as well as with medium-sized firms in comparable cities in the Midwest.  Summer associates for our 2007 summer program will receive a salary of $1,600 per week, plus paid parking.

Q. Does the firm have a dress code policy?

A. Yes. The firm's dress code is a high standard business casual Monday through Friday.

Q. Will I be able to work on pro bono matters as a summer associate?

A. Yes, our summer associates frequently assist our attorneys with on-going pro bono projects.

Q. Do you allow split summers?

A. We discourage split summers because we feel that our 10-12 week summer program is already a fairly short period of time for you to have an opportunity to get to know us and for us to get to know you. However, we will consider requests for split summers under special circumstances.