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Summer Program at McDermott Will & Emery

444 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60606-0029
(312) 372-2000

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program offers summer associates a realistic introduction to the practice of law and day-to-day life as a McDermott associate. The summer associate program provides meaningful responsibility and feedback that is consistent with a junior associate experience. Summer associates are given the opportunity to accept assignments with many of our practice groups during the summer. This allows summers to experience the type of work they are interested in firsthand and ultimately steer them toward the type of work they enjoy. Our conservative hiring approach allows students access t...

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No. of Summer Associates (2024)

90 total (84 2Ls; _6 1Ls)

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No. of 2L Offers (2022)

80 out of 80

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Summer Program Length

10 weeks
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No. of Summer Associates (2024)

90 total (84 2Ls; _6 1Ls)

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No. of 2L Offers (2022)

80 out of 80

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Summer Program Length

10 weeks


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1L Summers

Yes


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Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No. (Except IP)


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Split Summer with Another Firm

Case by Case


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Split Summer with Another Office

Case by Case


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Summer Program Contact

Erika Gardiner


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Offices with Program

Austin


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Schools Visited for OCI

Berkeley Law


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Career Fairs Attended

Bay Area Diversity Job Fair

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program offers summer associates a realistic introduction to the practice of law and day-to-day life as a McDermott associate. The summer associate program provides meaningful responsibility and feedback that is consistent with a junior associate experience. Summer associates are given the opportunity to accept assignments with many of our practice groups during the summer. This allows summers to experience the type of work they are interested in firsthand and ultimately steer them toward the type of work they enjoy. Our conservative hiring approach allows students access t...

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No. of Summer Associates (2024)

90 total (84 2Ls; _6 1Ls)

More

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

80 out of 80

More

Summer Program Length

10 weeks
More

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

90 total (84 2Ls; _6 1Ls)

More

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

80 out of 80

More

Summer Program Length

10 weeks


More

1L Summers

Yes


More

Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No. (Except IP)


More

Split Summer with Another Firm

Case by Case


More

Split Summer with Another Office

Case by Case


More

Summer Program Contact

Erika Gardiner


More

Offices with Program

Austin


More

Schools Visited for OCI

Berkeley Law


More

Career Fairs Attended

Bay Area Diversity Job Fair

Survey Says


Training & Assignments

  • “McDermott does a good job of allowing summer associates to explore potential practice areas and types of cases. I worked with several different partners within litigation and one or two in transactions to get a feel for the work. A few partners had meetings with me after completing work on their assignments to review and give feedback.”
  • “Assisted with a number of substantive assignments in which I received...