Description:

Job Description:
Overview

1L Summer Associate Overview
The Orrick 1L Litigation (Financial Services) Summer Associate position is a unique opportunity for a highly qualified 1L student to gain valuable experience at a leading law firm working on financial services litigation matters.
  • You will be a full member of Orrick's 2025 Summer Associate Program and compensated as an Orrick Summer Associate.
  • This position will be based out of Orrick's New York, Orange County, or San Francisco office.
  • Orrick partner sponsors will oversee your work assignments, networking opportunities, and career coaching.
  • You may have the option to return to Orrick for your 2L summer. The option is contingent upon work performance during the 1L summer and continued academic excellence during your 2L year.

Application Process:
  • The firm is looking for entrepreneurial, determined and engaged students with strong academic credentials and a demonstrated interest in representing global financial institutions in their most complex and high stakes litigations. This includes past work experience and/or past academic exposure (course work and/or scholarship).
  • Applicants must provide a resume, transcript (when available), and cover letter articulating your interest both in the position and the firm. If your transcript is not available at the time of application, you may log back into your dashboard to supplement your application once it is available.
  • The application process closes March 31, 2025, or when all available positions are filled.
  • Please apply directly at Orrick.com
  • Virtual and/or in-person interviews will take place on a rolling basis beginning in January, and offers will be extended on a rolling basis.
  • If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact recruiting@orrick.com

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities, Training and Events
As an Orrick 1L Summer Associate, our goal is to provide you with a meaningful and rewarding summer experience.
  • You will do substantive financial services litigation work, spanning a wide breadth of assignments, including depositions, research, brief writing, and (where applicable) trial work.
  • You will be provided with opportunities to gain a better understanding of the practice of law –including the potential to shadow attorneys – and participate in national and local trainings, including workshops on improving your legal writing skills and how to become a more effective speaker.
  • Our summer program also hosts unique programming and events designed to help you get to better know your fellow Summer Associates and Orrick attorneys, including local office and national social programming. Past programming has included classes on making sushi, charcuterie boards, and candles, attending baseball games, canoeing, sailing, beach cycling, karaoke, Top Golf, bowling, and chocolate tastings.

Qualifications:
Applicants must be current 1Ls (class of 2027) pursuing a JD at an ABA-accredited law school. 1Ls attending a part-time program or pursuing a JD/MBA degree at an ABA-accredited law school, who are not graduating in 2027, are also eligible.