L Magazine says its 2002 Summer Associates Survey revealed the status quo was turned on its head this year.

Shockingly enough, the summer associates actually had to work! Not only was the conspicuous consumption of the typical summer less conspicuous (yet curiously not absent), summers were also faced with pesky little details like billing and competition from other associates. Horrors! To top it all off, they were even grateful for it! Just what is this world coming to?!

I would tell you more about it, but the charts have been removed from law.com to "verify that all survey responses were accounted for." Sounds suspicious.