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Summer Program at Irell & Manella LLP

1800 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
(310) 277-1010

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program is designed to provide an opportunity for summer associates to explore all areas of our practice; participate in client meetings, court hearings, depositions, and trials; and work with many of the firm's attorneys. The goal is for summer associates to end the summer with a sense of what practicing as an attorney at Irell & Manella is really like. We also want summer associates to develop relationships with each other and their future colleagues.

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

16 total (13 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

13 out of 13

Summer Program Length

10 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

16 total (13 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

13 out of 13

Summer Program Length

10 weeks


1L Summers

Yes


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No


Split Summer with Another Firm

Yes


Split Summer with Another Office

Yes


Summer Associate Salary

Summer Associate: $4,327 weekly



Summer Program Contact

Alanna Cowan


Offices with Program

Los Angeles, CA


Schools Visited for OCI

Berkeley Law


Career Fairs Attended

Loyola Patent Law Interview Program

Summer Program Overview


Our summer program is designed to provide an opportunity for summer associates to explore all areas of our practice; participate in client meetings, court hearings, depositions, and trials; and work with many of the firm's attorneys. The goal is for summer associates to end the summer with a sense of what practicing as an attorney at Irell & Manella is really like. We also want summer associates to develop relationships with each other and their future colleagues.

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

16 total (13 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

13 out of 13

Summer Program Length

10 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

16 total (13 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2022)

13 out of 13

Summer Program Length

10 weeks


1L Summers

Yes


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No


Split Summer with Another Firm

Yes


Split Summer with Another Office

Yes


Summer Associate Salary

Summer Associate: $4,327 weekly



Summer Program Contact

Alanna Cowan


Offices with Program

Los Angeles, CA


Schools Visited for OCI

Berkeley Law


Career Fairs Attended

Loyola Patent Law Interview Program

Survey Says


  • “The summer associate program is well thought out, and involves getting substantive work and feedback. Networking and socializing with attorneys are also stressed.”
  • “The summer experience was excellent. I had a fully remote summer due to COVID-19, but Irell put together an excellent program. The quality of work was excellent—I was asked to do actual tasks on cases that attorneys would otherwise do had a summer associate not done it. The training and mentoring was also very good—we got to work with attorneys at all levels, and we got feedback from all of ...