Vault Ranks The Best Summer Associate Programs (2027) – Above the Law

Summer
associate
programs
at
Biglaw
firms
across
the
country
have
yet
to
begin,
but
the
recruiting
landscape
already
looks
very
different
from
even
a
few
years
ago.
With
law
students
now
being

heavily
precruited
and
traditional
interview
programs
playing
a
much
smaller
role,
many
future
summers
have
already
secured
their
spots
well
in
advance.
Against
that
backdrop,
Vault
has
released
its
closely
watched
rankings
of
the
best
summer
associate
programs
earlier
than
ever,
arriving
before
summer
programs
have
kicked
off.

Hot
on
the
heels
of
Vault’s
rankings
of
the most
prestigious law
firms
and
the
law
firms
with
the best
quality
of
life comes
the
career
website’s
ranking
of
the
best
summer
associate
programs
in
Biglaw.
Junior
associates
(first-
through
third-year
attorneys)
who
summered
at
their
current
firms
were
asked
to
rank
their
experiences
on
how
much
fun
the
program
was
and
how
well
it
prepared
them
for
life
at
the
firm
through
six
different
categories
(attorney
interactions,
substantive
assignments,
training
and
mentoring,
preparation
for
associate
life,
quality
of
events,
and
satisfaction
with
firm-sponsored
social
opportunities
and
social
interactions).
From
those
ratings,
Vault
ranked
the
best
summer
associate
programs
in
three
categories:
Attorney
Interactions,
Career
Development,
and
Social
Experiences.
It
shouldn’t
come
as
a
surprise
that
several
of
the
firms
that
made
the
Top
10
list
for
having
the
best
quality
of
life
made
the
Top
10
for
having
the
best
summer
associate
program.

There
was
once
again
a
huge
amount
of
movement
in
the
Top
10
this
year.
Which
firms
made
the
cut?
Without
any
further
ado,
here
are
the Top
10
Firms
With
the
Best
Summer
Associate
Programs based
on
Vault’s
Annual
Associate
Survey
for
2027:

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
   (+3)
2. Morgan
   Lewis
   (+1)
3. O’Melveny
   &
   Myers
   (-2)
4. Eversheds
   Sutherland
   (+4)
5. Williams
   &
   Connolly
   (+14)
6. Wiley
   Rein
   (not
   ranked)
7. Seward
   &
   Kissel
   (not
   ranked)
8. Proskauer
   Rose
   (+23)
9. Choate
   Hall
   Stewart
   (not
   ranked)
10. Ropes
    &
    Gray
    (+37)

Clifford
Chance,
Morgan
Lewis,
O’Melveny,
Ropes,
and
Proskauer
each
made
appearances
in
the
Top
10
for
firms
with
the
best
quality
of
life.
Let’s
give
these
firms
a
round
of
applause
for
keeping
their
attorneys
happy
from
their
days
as
summers
through
their
days
as
junior
associates,
and
another
round
of
applause
for
the
previously
unranked
firms
that
finally
made
their
way
onto
the
list.

Here
are
the Top
3
Best
Summer
Programs
for
Attorney
Interactions:

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
2. Morgan
   Lewis
3. Wiley
   Rein

Here
are
the Top
3
Best
Summer
Programs
for
Career
Development:

1. Eversheds
   Sutherland
2. O’Melveny
   &
   Myers
3. Clifford
   Chance
   US

Here
are
the Top
3
Best
Summer
Programs
for
Social
Experiences:

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
2. Williams
   &
   Connolly
3. Wiley
   Rein

Congratulations
to
all
50
of
the
Biglaw
firms
that
made
the
latest
edition
of
the
Vault
Best
Summer
Associate
Program
rankings
—
and
an
even
bigger
congratulations
to
Clifford
Chance
for
coming
out
on
top
in
this
ranking.
How
did
your
firm
do? Email
us,
text
us
at (646)
820-8477,
or
tweet
us @atlblog to
let
us
know.

Best
Law
Firms
to
Work
For
(2027) [Vault]

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