Description:
The Chicago office of McGuireWoods is currently accepting applications from rising 2Ls for our 2025 Summer Associate Program.McGuireWoods is a great place to launch your career. As an international law firm with 21 offices, we bring on high performers with strong academic credentials and experience who are dedicated to client service, teamwork and excellence. In turn, we deliver a rewarding, supportive firm culture focused on your success, growth and development.
McGuireWoods is proud of its summer associate program. As a summer associate, you have the resources and training to develop professionally and perform challenging, sophisticated work early on regardless of your office location — rare opportunities not offered at most other firms.
Each summer associate is assigned a supervisor and mentor who introduces them to lawyers in their office and across the firm. Summer associates choose the projects they want to work on based on their practice area interests and they have opportunities to collaborate with McGuireWoods lawyers across the country. Summer associates attend client meetings, depositions, corporate closings, trials and appellate arguments. They also prepare research memoranda and draft pleadings, briefs and corporate transaction documents. In addition, summer associates are involved in:
- special training opportunities;
- social events and networking; and
- a firmwide summer associate retreat.
Summer associates also participate in McGuireWoods' Pro Bono Mentor Program, which offers them the opportunity to work on a pro bono matter for a client.
The firm strives to attract standout individuals who are good at what they do and are good people. We know you can choose to come — and to go. That's why we work so hard to bring out the best in you.
Everyone contributes, everyone's ideas are valued. We seek out, celebrate and reward ideas for improving our firm and setting the service standard other firms follow.
If you're committed to our core values of excellence, integrity, client service, diversity and inclusion, collegiality and community, join us.
Our Applicant Disclosures describe your rights. Our Privacy Statement describes how we will process and safeguard your personal data.
Job Requirements:
- Candidates must be enrolled in and in good standing at an ABA accredited law school with an anticipated graduation date of 2026 at the time of application.
- McGuireWoods seeks candidates with outstanding academic credentials, leadership and interpersonal skills and work experience.
- In addition, the firm looks for candidates who demonstrate the firm's core values: excellence, integrity, client service, diversity and inclusion, community and collegiality.
Salary: Our 2025 summer salary is not set, but our 2024 summer salary is $4,150/week.
