What kind of training and mentoring do lateral associates receive?
Real work for real clients provides our lawyers their most important training. We encourage and expect associates to work directly with clients and assume significant responsibility as early in their careers as possible. In addition to the mentoring relationships which form naturally between senior and junior lawyers who work together, new associates are formally assigned mentors to help them develop professionally. “Perhaps the most important benefit a large law firm can offer its young associates – maybe even more important than an astronomical salary – is the opportunity to develop mentoring-type relationships with more senior attorneys. Mentoring of young associates is given high priority at Holland & Hart. In my five years here I can honestly say that I have developed mentoring-type relationships with not just one, but six or seven partners who truly care about my career, my development as a lawyer, and my development as a person. The lessons I have learned and the experiences I h
