Summer Associates FAQ

Yes.  In fact, we normally insist upon it.  We encourage and welcome law students to compare McAfee & Taft with other law firms and potential employers.  We do, however, require summer associates to clerk with us during the first half (generally, the first six weeks) of the summer.

Absolutely not. Like our associates, our summer associates are encouraged to work with many different lawyers in different areas of our practice.

Yes. However, we do not hire two separate groups of summer associates.  We are one firm with two offices.  McAfee & Taft is absolutely committed to maintaining the same firm "culture" in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and we strive to have our summer associates meet all of our lawyers.  The base for the summer program is in Oklahoma City.  However, summer associates who are interested (or even potentially interested) in practicing in Tulsa will spend a substantial portion of their time with us actually working in the Tulsa office.

Yes.  Lawyers for whom summer associates have worked are encouraged to provide direct feedback at the completion of each project. Additionally, the supervising shareholder and supervising associate for each summer associate obtain formal written evaluations on every project and discuss the evaluations with their summer associate.

McAfee & Taft is committed to paying at the top of the market, including our summer associates.  In 2008, summer associates earned $1,700 per week, prorated for partial weeks.

Most definitely.  We look to the summer associate program as the primary source to fulfill our associate hiring needs.  However, lateral hires are also made on a need and case-by-case basis.