2026 U.S. Summer Associate Program

Arnold & Porter’s Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. offices are seeking applications for the 2026 U.S. Summer Associate Program from current law students who will have completed two years of law school by the summer of 2026 and graduate from law school in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027. Arnold & Porter’s summer program is designed to provide summer associates with exposure to the substantive skills they will use in practice, the Firm’s core values, and the meaningful work we do for our commercial and pro bono clients. We also strive to provide summer associates ample opportunities to get to know the Firm’s attorneys, practices, clients, and culture, through work assignments, our mentoring program, interactive training programs and practice group presentations, and social events. Arnold & Porter is renowned for its commitment to excellence, multidisciplinary approach, deep industry knowledge, diverse and inclusive culture, and dedication to pro bono matters and public service initiatives. Our summer program will immerse you in the values that shape our Firm and drive the highest level of legal excellence in service to our clients and commitment to social justice. These values lead us to seek intellectually curious, driven, collegial, and collaborative candidates with outstanding academic credentials and interpersonal skills. We also consider candidates’ professionally related experience and activities, personal references, and participation in law review, journals, and clinical legal work. If you are interested in joining a firm with an abiding devotion to these core values and individual qualities, we hope you will apply.

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Thank you for your interest in Arnold & Porter. We will seek applications for the 2026 U.S. Summer Associate Program from April 14 to June 30, 2025, from current law students who will have completed two years of law school by the summer of 2026 and will graduate from law school in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027.

In 2025, Arnold & Porter intends to participate in school-sponsored interview programs at the following law schools:

• Brooklyn Law School
• Colorado Law School
• Columbia Law School
• Cornell Law School
• Fordham Law School
• Harvard Law School
• Howard University School of Law
• Loyola Law School (LA)
• Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• NYU School of Law
• Penn Carey Law School
• SMU Dedman School of Law
• St. John’s University School of Law
• Stanford Law School
• The University of Texas School of Law
• UC Berkeley School of Law
• UC Irvine School of Law
• UC Law San Francisco
• UCLA School of Law
• University of Chicago Law School
• University of Michigan Law School
• University of Virginia School of Law
• USC Gould School of Law
• Yale Law School

Please include your resume, law school transcript, undergraduate transcript, and cover letter. If you apply with one semester of grades, please supplement your application once you receive your second semester grades. The firm will not make hiring decisions until we receive a full year of law school grades.

Interview Process

Interviews will take place on a rolling basis. Students will not be asked to interview during final examinations at their law school.

We anticipate our screening and callback interviews to take place virtually. If you receive an offer to join the program, you will be invited to visit the office in which you received an offer and will have 14 days from the offer date to respond to your offer.

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