We have concluded 2L hiring for 2024. Please check back in May 2024 for information on the 2025 program.
The 1L application window is now closed, though we are still processing applications for most locations. One of our recruiters will contact you to update you on your application status.
Perkins Coie's summer associate program provides varied work and training opportunities as well as social events designed to promote interaction among summer associates, lawyers and business professionals.
Our summer associate program is our primary source of new associate hires. We principally recruit second-year law students and occasionally hire pre-clerkship third-year law students for our domestic offices.
The associate's journey at Perkins Coie begins with an extensive orientation, training, and mentorship program designed to integrate new associates into our firm and instill in them our values. Training is often hands-on: unlike many large law firms, we expect our associates to accept significant responsibility early in their law firm careers. We are not highly leveraged, which means that associates receive significant direct client and partner contact and many opportunities to assume leadership roles within the firm.
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The interviewing season for second-year law students can be daunting and we want to help you navigate it successfully. Our panel of partners and recruiting professionals shared their tips and suggestions with a particular focus on preparing for interviews—both OCI and callback interviews—and then navigating those interviews and the post-interview process.
Preparing for the Future
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- Diverse Voices—Listen to diverse lawyers candidly discuss what it is like to work—and succeed—in BigLaw.
- Optimizing Your Summer and Future Employment Opportunities—Our speakers offer concrete advice on how you can use your time this summer to become the “preferred candidate” employers describe in their job postings.