Vault Ranks The Best Summer Associate Programs (2024) – Above the Law

Summer
associate
programs
are
still
underway
at
Biglaw
firms
across
the
country,
but
in
just
a
few
weeks,
early
recruitment
interviews
will
begin
for
next
year’s
eager
crop
of
would-be
summer
associates.
With
current
summers
itching
to
receive
their
offers,
what
better
time
to
release
Vault’s
closely
watched
rankings
for
the
best
summer
associate
programs?

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
some
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
2024:

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
2. Kramer
   Levin
3. Bracewell
4. Jackson
   Walker
5. Morgan
   Lewis
   &
   Bockius
6. Munger
   Tolles
   &
   Olson
7. O’Melveny
   &
   Myers
8. Sheppard
   Mullin
9. Williams
   &
   Connolly
10. Locke
    Lord

Clifford
Chance,
O’Melveny,
and
Morgan
Lewis
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.

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

1. Kramer
   Levin
2. Bracewell
3. Clifford
   Chance
   US

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

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
2. Kramer
   Levin
3. Jackson
   Walker

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

1. Clifford
   Chance
   US
2. Bracewell
3. Morgan
   Lewis
   &
   Bockius

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
sweeping
yet
another
ranking.
How
did
your
firm
do?

Email
us,
text
us
at
(646)
820-8477,
or
tweet
us @atlblog
to
let
us
know.

Best
Summer
Associate
Programs
(2024)
[Vault]

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