Governed signal Official source

SIG-248: Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray says it added a prompt to its 2L summer-program application asking candidates how they keep up with AI development as it relates to their future legal practice.

Observed · United States / New York · 2L Summer Program application · AI literacy in law-student recruiting

Evidence passage recorded against the source

A new prompt asks candidates what they do day-to-day to keep up with AI development as it relates to their future practice of law.

LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.

Scope as recorded

Institution
Ropes & Gray LLP
Market
United States / New York
Programme or route
2L Summer Program application
Category
AI literacy in law-student recruiting
Observed
Verification
Verified 14 Sep 2026
Publication ruling
Safe with source
Record status
Active
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-12-2026-09-14.csv)

Official source record

https://www.ropesgray.com/en/news-and-events/news/2026/04/sarah-davidoff-discusses-ai-literacy-and-big-law-hiring-in-the-american-lawyer

SRC-149 · retrieved 14 September 2026 · Official Ropes & Gray firm page retrieval · source record page

  • Ropes & Gray co-hiring partner describes a new 2L summer-program application prompt asking candidates how they keep up with AI development relevant to future legal practice

LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.

Where this signal is used

Cite this object

Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-248 Ropes & Gray LLP, observed 14 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/signals/SIG-248/

Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.

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