H owarth & Smith employs law students from American law schools for summer and term time internships. The U.S. internship program immerses law students in the heart of the practice of high stakes litigation. Interns at Howarth & Smith participate in all facets of the civil litigation process, from discovery through preparation for trial and, ultimately, trial and appeal.
Howarth & Smith is virtually unique among trial firms in the United
States in its handling of a wide range of cases at both the trial and
appellate level, and on both the plaintiff and defense side. This
provides interns with broad experience in both federal and state law
including strategies for trial and case management; research and
writing approaches; specific knowledge of substantive legal issues; and
the process of preparing complex cases for trial and appeal. Interns
work closely with supervising attorneys on research and writing
projects, observing and assisting with client meetings and court
appearances, and also attending firm seminars on specific legal topics.
Interns participate in all aspects of the firm's practice. Frequent,
informal feedback is an essential part of the give-and-take of a small
firm, as is the firm’s summer social program, which enables interns to
get to know the members of the firm on a more relaxed personal level.
Interns work with associates and partners in preparing various legal
documents, including pleadings and legal memoranda, and in preparing
attorneys for appearances in court and at depositions. They are also
responsible for researching cases and articles, and analyzing legal
issues in certain specific cases. To a lesser degree they are involved
in planning case management and trial strategy. Ongoing supervision and
assessment is given with each project by the attorney responsible for
the individual assignment.
In 1993, Howarth & Smith initiated its Oxford-Cambridge internship
program, in which outstanding law graduates of these English
universities spend 6-9 months with the firm as law clerks. Howarth
& Smith has special links with these two leading British
universities, where partners Don Howarth and Suzelle Smith are Visiting
Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall and New Hall colleges. There is
substantial diversity among such interns, including past Oxford and
Cambridge interns who hail from Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Singapore,
Germany and Northern Ireland, as well as from England. International
interns have a unique opportunity to compare the U.S. legal system with
that of their native countries.
The firm is actively interested in hearing from outstanding law
students and graduates who would value an opportunity to experience the
practice of U.S. trial law, while learning and contributing
simultaneously as a part of Howarth & Smith's ongoing tradition of
a program that blends U.S. law clerks with those from Oxford and
Cambridge.
Anyone interested in applying for an internship with Howarth &
Smith should send a resume to attorney Padraic Glaspy.
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