Top 5 Summer Tips: Feedback and Performance Reviews

Summary

This practice note outlines five practical tips you can use as a summer associate to help you approach feedback and performance reviews in a positive and constructive manner. The work you do this summer matters—to you and your firm. It enables you to gain real-world legal experience and your firm to evaluate your potential as you do so. Both sides of the equation will (or should) involve comment, advice, and even criticism, which is not always easy for summer associates to handle well. The following tips will help you deal with the difficult process of asking for and receiving feedback and reviews of your performance this summer.