The 2023 Summer Associates Satisfaction Ranking
Big Law did a great job of making summers fall in love with law. Here, we rank the firms based on scores given by summer associates and hear directly from these new recruits on what worked and what didn't.
September 28, 2023 at 02:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
At ease, partners. You did it again. This year's summer associates are going back to law school with tales of being wined and dined, mentored and supported. They've met prominent partners and elite clients, been assigned interesting work and lived the life of Big Law-lite: Work hard by day, play harder at night.
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- Choate, Hall & Stewart
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Goodwin Procter
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- Mayer Brown
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- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- DLA Piper
- Clifford Chance
- Duane Morris
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Linklaters
- Fenwick & West
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Jenner & Block
- Venable
- Arnold & Porter
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Proskauer Rose
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
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