2027 Chicago 2L Summer Associate

McGuireWoods

The Chicago office of McGuireWoods is accepting applications for our 2027 2L summer associate program.

Our firm is committed to ensuring a smooth and flexible 2L summer application process. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with the majority of interviews conducted in January 2026. We will work with candidates to arrange interviews at convenient times and will offer virtual options to accommodate individual needs.

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.

Our Applicant Disclosures describe your rights. Our Privacy Statement describes how we will process and safeguard your personal data.

• Candidates must be enrolled in and in good standing at an ABA accredited law school with an anticipated graduation date of 2028 at the time of application.
• 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 are open to multiple office locations, please use the free space at the end of the application to elaborate.
• Transcript: All candidates must submit their 2025 fall semester law transcript once it becomes available to complete their application. Please send your unofficial transcript to AttorneyRecruiting-Koch@mcguirewoods.com.
• 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, Manager of Law Student Recruiting, at obeckman@mcguirewoods.com.

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Salary: Our 2027 summer salary is not set, but our 2025 summer salary was $4,325/week.

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