{"id":121706,"date":"2025-06-04T03:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/04\/top-5-biglaw-firm-creates-new-way-for-associates-to-connect-learn-the-ropes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T03:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:02:27","slug":"top-5-biglaw-firm-creates-new-way-for-associates-to-connect-learn-the-ropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/04\/top-5-biglaw-firm-creates-new-way-for-associates-to-connect-learn-the-ropes\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Biglaw Firm Creates New Way For Associates To Connect, Learn The Ropes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Which top-ranked Am Law firm has introduced an innovative professional development program that allows first-year associates to make connections through the use of practice group \u201cpods\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: The firm first launched this program in 2020, and today, about 800 attorneys in the firm\u2019s U.S. offices have gone through this program. \u201cIt came out of the pandemic,\u201d the firm\u2019s director of professional development said, \u201cand it was such a success that we\u2019ve just continued it ever since.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Which top-ranked Am Law firm has introduced an innovative professional development program that allows first-year associates to make connections through the use of practice group \u201cpods\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: The firm first launched this program in 2020, and today, about 800 attorneys in the firm\u2019s U.S. offices have gone through this program. \u201cIt came out of the pandemic,\u201d the firm\u2019s director of professional development said, \u201cand it was such a success that we\u2019ve just continued it ever since.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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