An associate attorney is an employee of a traditional law firm who does not hold an ownership interest as a partner.

An associate may be a junior or senior attorney, but normally does not hold an ownership interest in the firm even if associated with the firm for many years. First-year associates are entry-level junior attorneys and are generally recent law school graduates in their first year of law practice.

Junior attorneys were formerly called "law clerks"; the term "associate attorney" was coined by Emory Buckner, hiring partner of Root, Clark & Bird (which subsequently became Dewey Ballantine) in the 1920s.^{[citation needed]} The term "law clerk" now generally refers to an attorney who serves as a research and writing assistant in a judge's chambers, although some law firms use the term to refer to a nonlawyer who has specialized knowledge in one of the firm's practice areas.

Summer associates are current law school students who have usually completed their second year of school and are interning at the firm for the summer. Summer associates have not passed the bar exam and are not lawyers.

James "Jim" Bowden is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

Jim Bowden won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in 1953 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1954 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand.

Jim Bowden also represented Great Britain while at Huddersfield between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).

Jim Bowden has worked for many years as a Dentist.