EMPLOYER ACTIONS

Students selected for summer employment will receive a letter from the employer confirming the selection and the details of employment. The final decisions will not be made by the PDLG - in fact, the PDLG will not have advance information about employment decisions.

Application materials (and other information developed during the review process) for students not offered a job. Each year we have had several positions filled through this process, but it is not required that a student participate.

Application materials for some students not offered jobs with PDLG employers may also be provided to the Montgomery Bar Association Diversity Committee for consideration under its Summer 1L Program for diverse law students. Again this year, participants in that Program will be chosen from PDLG applicants. On the PDLG application form there is an opportunity to choose whether to take advantage of this Montgomery Bar Association opportunity.

If hired by a PDLG organization, PDLG candidates will receive the same salary other first-year summer clerks (if any) are paid by the organization. Salaries and length of summer employment will differ significantly among the firms and organizations. Each participating employer has committed to fully involve any student hired through the PDLG Program in its summer associate/internship program (if it has such a program), provide the student with a mentor (if customary) and provide appropriate and continuing feedback and training. The PDLG representative of the employer or his or her designee will serve as an additional mentor. Historically, PDLG has paired each summer clerk who is not working at a law firm with one of our member law firms so that all clerks will have the opportunity to be involved in at least some law firm summer training and social events.