# Summer Associate

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R9SS4ShMrRoDS7ps7dIlyLF

## Labels

**Alternative Labels:**

- Legal Trainee
- Summer Clerk
- Summer Law Clerk

## Definition

A Summer Associate is a law student working in a law firm over the summer, often to assess mutual fit between the student and the firm. The experience often culminates in the firm extending an offer for a permanent position upon the student's graduation.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RFJ69YSKEGMCQh0emzDcu0

**Deprecated:** False