Description:
Overview:The Pittsburgh office of McGuireWoods is accepting applications for our 2028 2L summer associate program.
As an international law firm with 21 offices, McGuireWoods is a great place to launch your career. We hire top 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;
- a firmwide summer associate retreat; and
- our Pro Bono Mentor Program offering an opportunity to work on a pro bono matter for a client.
Qualifications:
Job Requirements:
- Candidates must be enrolled in and in good standing at an ABA accredited law school with an anticipated graduation date of 2029 at the time of application. December 2028 graduates are also eligible.
- McGuireWoods seeks candidates with outstanding academic credentials, leadership and interpersonal skills and work experience.
- The firm looks for candidates who demonstrate the firm's core values: excellence, integrity, client service, diversity and inclusion, community and collegiality.
Application Requirements:
- Single Application: We ask that you please submit only one application to your preferred McGuireWoods office. If you would like to be considered for multiple office locations, you may indicate those preferences at the end of the application.
- Transcript: If your law school transcript is not available when you submit your application, you will need to return to your application and upload it once it becomes available. You will also need to update the Law GPA field in your application.
- Suited Assessment: We use the Suited Assessment as part of our candidate evaluation and recruitment process to help us consider candidates more holistically, beyond traditional hiring metrics. Information about what the assessment measures and Suited's data retention policies can be found in the Student Resource Guide. Completing the Suited Assessment is a mandatory part of our recruiting process. Please note that the Suited Assessment only needs to be completed once per candidate. If you have already completed it during a prior recruiting cycle or for another law firm, you do not need to retake it. For any questions, please contact Opal Beckman, Sr. Manager, Law Student & Judicial Clerk Recruiting, at obeckman@mcguirewoods.com.
- Suited Assessment (https://app.wellsuited.com/join/YSjgdk3A5JS2Bpc2rAZy)
