The Best Summer Associates Programs

Best Summer Associate Programs – Overall Ranking

 

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2016 Rank 2015 Rank Firm Location Summer Associate Weekly Pay First Year Starting Pay 2014 Summer Associate Hires Number of Attorneys Overall
 1  2  Foley Hoag LLP  Boston, MA  $3,077  $160,000  16 of 16  249
 2  3  O’Melveny & Myers LLP  Los Angeles, CA  $3,100  $160,000  56 of 59  700
 3  NR  Paul Hastings LLP  New York, NY  $3,070  $160,000  61 of 63  1,000
 4  11  Proskauer Rose LLP  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000 (New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington DC Only)  70 of 73  700
 5  NR  Saul Ewing LLP  Philadelphia, PA  $2,596  $135,000  5 of 6  268
 6  1  Morrison & Foerster LLP  San Francisco, CA  NA  $160,000  72 of 75  998
 7  NR  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000  22 of 22  2,600
 8  4  Venable LLP  Washington, DC  $3,076  $160,000  31 of 31  633
 9  5  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP  Los Angeles, CA  $3,080  $160,000  119 of 123  1,236
 10  18  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP  Washington, DC  $3,077  $160,000  40 of 40  923
 11  10  Kaye Scholer LLP  New York, NY  $3,100  $160,000  13 of 14  400
 12  24  Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000  56 of 56  580
 13  NR  Crowell & Moring LLP  Washington, DC  $3,077  $160,000  14 of 16  488
 14  NR  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen LLP  New York, NY  $3,100  $160,000  40 of 40  414
 15  27  Ropes & Gray LLP  Boston, MA  $3,100  $160,000  101 of 101  1,103
 16  17  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000  28 of 34  688
 17  43  Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP  Washington, DC  $3,100  $160,000  10 of 11  320
 18  6  Shook, Hardy& Bacon LLP  Kansas City, MO $2,750 (Houston and California), $2,300 (Kansas City and Tampa), $2,600 (Miami), $2,850 (Washington, DC) $145,000 (Houston and California), $120,000 (Kansas City and Tampa), $135,000 (Miami), $150,000 (Washington, DC)  16 of 18  464
 19  8  Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC  Memphis, TN  $1,200-$2,100  $120,000  17 of 30  696
 20  16  Williams & Connolly LLP  Washington, DC  $3,845  $200,000  NA  314
 21  NR  Dorsey & Whitney LLP  Minneapolis, MN  $2,100  $110,000  33 of 34  562
 22  20  Milibank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000  47 of 47  646
 23  NR  Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP  Washington, DC  $3,077  $135,000  17 of 17  441
 24  28  WilmerHale  Washington, DC  $3,100  $160,000  86 of 89  1,101
 25  23  Linklaters LLP (USA)  New York, NY  $3,077  $160,000  21 of 22  2,600
 26  NR  Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP  Minneapolis, MN  $2,076  $125,000 (Atlanta), $135,000 (Boston), $140,000 (Los Angeles), $110,000 (Minneapolis), $160,000 (New York)  7 of 7  227
 27  15  Latham & Watkins LLP  New York, NY  $3,080  $160,000  162 of 162  2,000
 28  NR  Mayer Brown LLP  Chicago, IL  $3,077 ($2,750 in Charlotte)  $160,000  66 of 69  1,600
 29  38  Irell & Manella LLP  Los Angeles, CA  $3,080  $160,000  30 of 31  135
 30  22  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates  New York, NY  $3,100  $160,000  181 0f 181  1,631

Source: Vault
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