Summer Program Overview
Kirkland’s summer program provides students with a foundational opportunity to learn about our firm and practice, integrate into our culture, and experience life working in a major city. Kirkland’s tradition of giving junior associates early responsibility begins with the summer program. Throughout the ten weeks, you’ll work on diverse and sophisticated matters alongside associates and partners, who are eager to guide you along the way. Kirkland provides its attorneys—including summer associates—with responsibility and autonomy. The firm’s open assignment system uniquely enables assoc...
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
No. of 2L Offers (2022)
Summer Program Length
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
No. of 2L Offers (2022)
Summer Program Length
1L Summers
Assigned to Specific Practice Area
Split Summer with Another Firm
Split Summer with Another Office
When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program
Summer Associate Salary
Summer Associate: $205,000 or $3942/week
Summer Program Contact
Offices with Program
Schools Visited for OCI
Career Fairs Attended
Summer Program Overview
Kirkland’s summer program provides students with a foundational opportunity to learn about our firm and practice, integrate into our culture, and experience life working in a major city. Kirkland’s tradition of giving junior associates early responsibility begins with the summer program. Throughout the ten weeks, you’ll work on diverse and sophisticated matters alongside associates and partners, who are eager to guide you along the way. Kirkland provides its attorneys—including summer associates—with responsibility and autonomy. The firm’s open assignment system uniquely enables assoc...
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
No. of 2L Offers (2022)
Summer Program Length
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
No. of 2L Offers (2022)
Summer Program Length
1L Summers
Assigned to Specific Practice Area
Split Summer with Another Firm
Split Summer with Another Office
When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program
Summer Associate Salary
Summer Associate: $205,000 or $3942/week
Summer Program Contact
Offices with Program
Schools Visited for OCI
Career Fairs Attended
Survey Says
- “As an associate, I now know firsthand how difficult it is to give actual substantive assignments to summers, no matter how much you want to. I think Kirkland did an excellent job giving me a wide variety of assignments that were as substantive as possible given the circumstances, and were extremely helpful in encouraging me to try different practice areas and seek projects I was interested in.”
- “Kirkland summer associates take part in a robust program called KITA. The training that KITA provides is, bar none, the best training program on the market. The...