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Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our Chicago office apply for a litigation, transactional, or IP litigation position through separate application portals. While you may apply to more than one track, you must select a litigation, transactional, or IP litigation track at the callback stage, shaping your experience throughout the program and your long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• Transactional Track: Transactional summer associates gain exposure to more than four transactional groups over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiations Seminar, transactional overview sessions and department events designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.
• Litigation Track: Litigation summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work through hands-on assignments, our Trial Advocacy Seminar, and dedicated programming including a speaker series featuring the department's various specialties.
• IP Litigation Track: IP litigation summer associates work with the Chicago team and across the firm on intellectual property disputes, gaining targeted exposure to the IP litigation practice through hands-on assignments and dedicated programming designed to showcase the group's work and culture.

Flexible Assignment Model: Rather than formal rotations, assignments flow through assigning coordinators to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our Dallas office apply for a litigation or transactional position through separate application portals, shaping your experience throughout the program and your long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• Transactional Track: Transactional summer associates gain exposure to multiple transactional groups over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiations Seminar and transactional overview sessions designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.
• Litigation Track: Litigation summer associates are part of the litigation pool for the full program, gaining broad exposure to the department's work through hands-on assignments and our Litigation Seminar.

Flexible Assignment Model: Rather than formal rotations, assignments flow through assigning coordinators to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our Houston office apply for a transactional position, shaping your experience throughout the program and your long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• Transactional Track: Transactional summer associates gain exposure to multiple transactional groups over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiations Seminar and transactional overview sessions designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.

Flexible Assignment Model: Rather than formal rotations, assignments flow through assigning coordinators to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our Los Angeles office apply for a litigation, transactional, or real estate position through separate application portals, shaping their experience throughout the program and their long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• Transactional Track: Transactional summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiation Seminar, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.
• Litigation Track: Litigation summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work through our Mock Arbitration Seminar, hands-on assignments, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.
• Real Estate Track: Real estate summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiation Seminar, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.

Flexible Assignment Model: Rather than formal rotations, assignments flow through assigning coordinators in each group to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our Palo Alto office select a General Corporate or IP & Technology Transactions track at the application stage, setting the direction for their summer experience and influencing their long-term career path at the firm.

• General Corporate Track: General corporate summer associates join the corporate pool for the full program, gaining broad exposure to the department's work through hands-on assignments, the Corporate Negotiation Seminar, and events designed to help summer associates explore the group's work and culture.
• IP & Technology Transactions Track: IP summer associates are part of the IP & Technology pool for the full program, gaining focused exposure to the intersection of intellectual property and commercial transactions through substantive assignments, the Corporate Negotiation Seminar, and events designed to help summer associates explore the group's work and culture.

Flexible Assignment Model: Assignments flow through assignment coordinators to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience. 

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our San Francisco office select a General Corporate or Litigation track at the application stage, shaping their experience throughout the program and their long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• General Corporate Track: General corporate summer associates are part of the corporate pool for the full program, gaining broad exposure to the department's work through hands-on assignments, the Corporate Negotiation Seminar, and events designed to help summer associates explore the group's work and culture.
• Litigation Track: Litigation summer associates are part of the litigation pool for the full program, gaining broad exposure to the department's work through hands-on assignments, the Mock Arbitration Seminar, and events designed to showcase the group's work and culture.
• IP Litigation Track: IP litigation summer associates work with the San Francisco team and across the firm on intellectual property disputes, gaining targeted exposure to the IP litigation practice through hands-on assignments and dedicated programming designed to showcase the group's work and culture. Hiring for this position is done through a separate, firmwide application.

Flexible Assignment Model: Assignments flow through assigning partners to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.

Choose Your Path: Summer associates in our DC office apply for positions through separate application portals. While you may apply to more than one track, you must select one at the callback stage, shaping your experience throughout the program and your long-term career trajectory at the firm.

• Transactional Track: Transactional summer associates gain broad exposure across the department's practice groups—including Asset Management and Energy Transactions—over the course of the ten-week program, supported by our Corporate Negotiation Seminar, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore each group's work and culture.
• Litigation Track: Litigation summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work through our Mock Arbitration Seminar, hands-on assignments, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore the group’s work and culture.
• IP Litigation Track: IP litigation summer associates work with the D.C. team and across the firm on intellectual property disputes, gaining targeted exposure to the IP litigation practice through hands-on assignments and dedicated programming designed to showcase the group's work and culture.
• Communications & Media Track: Communications summer associates gain broad exposure to the department's work over the course of the ten-week program, including hands-on assignments, practice group overviews, and dedicated events designed to help summer associates explore the group’s work and culture.

Flexible Assignment Model: Rather than formal rotations, assignments flow through assigning coordinators to ensure a steady, diverse workload. Summer associates are also free to seek out work directly from attorneys for a more organic, self-directed experience.