Law Students
Ice Miller is focused on a culture of excellence.
The firm’s Chief Managing Partner, Joshua Christie, has named building a culturally engaging workplace his number one priority.
Every member of the firm—including summer associates—are asked to commit personally to furthering our goals of team engagement and excellent client experience, sharing information and knowledge that will support one another’s success, valuing all contributions made by team members, and treating all people with respect. The firm’s goal is that all its team members will feel empowered to be their authentic selves at work so they can realize their full potential and contribute their best work.
Summer Associates Welcomed as the Future of Ice Miller
Summer associates are the pipeline to the future of Ice Miller. We want each of our summer associates to develop into successful Ice Miller lawyers, providing them with the tools they need to make that happen.
Each summer associate is paired with an associate mentor upon the acceptance of their offer. These associate mentors help their mentee successfully onboard with the firm, learn more about its operation, and allow them to have a safe place to seek guidance and ask questions.
Summer associates receive feedback and training throughout the summer—not only to help them improve their skills, but also to provide a sample of the kind of professional development they can expect as associates. Our professional development philosophy focuses on providing level-appropriate and hands-on training, and our feedback program focuses on identifying strengths and areas for improvement early. Our goal is to work to nurture strengths and provide support to develop in areas for improvement to help Ice Miller summer associates be the best they can be.
With that in mind, members of the Recruiting Committee meet regularly to track the progress of and provide feedback to summer associates. Summer associates also receive formal evaluations at the middle and end of the program.
Ice Miller summer associates are not members of any state Bar association. All Summer Associate work is supervised by a member of the relevant state Bar.
