At BakerHostetler, our well-rounded summer program provides students with the training, experience and confidence necessary to begin their journey to becoming great lawyers.
“From day one of the summer associate program, everyone at BakerHostetler was extremely welcoming and showed genuine interest in getting to know me and my future legal goals. I was quickly immersed in meaningful assignments and then given thoughtful feedback at the completion of each. It is clear that Baker cares about everyone who joins their team, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from so many accomplished attorneys at such a distinguished firm.”
— 2023 Case Western Reserve University summer associate and incoming new associate
“As a summer associate, I received a broad variety of substantive tasks in a number of distinct practice areas. I was challenged to try things I had never done before, and the assigning attorneys always took time to provide genuine and actionable feedback that I could immediately apply to my work. Through this experience I gained a better insight into what my career would look like as a full-time associate, which was one of my main goals for my summer experience. In addition to the work, the fantastic social events gave me a chance to get to know my fellow summer associates and the rest of the team at Baker on a more personal level. The people at Baker were so welcoming and genuinely excited to develop relationships with the summers like myself, and I am really looking forward to seeing those colleagues and friends when I return there in the fall. In all, my summer experience demonstrated that BakerHostetler is the ideal work environment for me: friendly people who take their work seriously and generously share their time to help one another succeed.”
— 2022 New York University summer associate and current associate
“I truly cannot speak highly enough about my experience as a summer associate at BakerHostetler. In addition to working on interesting and substantive legal projects throughout the summer, I had the opportunity to get to know and learn from the wonderful humans at Baker through a variety of firm social events. Every day, I looked forward to spending time with my colleagues and working on exciting projects.”
— 2023 Harvard University summer associate and incoming new associate
“From day one of the summer associate program, everyone at BakerHostetler was extremely welcoming and showed genuine interest in getting to know me and my future legal goals. I was quickly immersed in meaningful assignments and then given thoughtful feedback at the completion of each. It is clear that Baker cares about everyone who joins their team, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from so many accomplished attorneys at such a distinguished firm.”
— 2023 Case Western Reserve University summer associate and incoming new associate
“As a summer associate, I received a broad variety of substantive tasks in a number of distinct practice areas. I was challenged to try things I had never done before, and the assigning attorneys always took time to provide genuine and actionable feedback that I could immediately apply to my work. Through this experience I gained a better insight into what my career would look like as a full-time associate, which was one of my main goals for my summer experience. In addition to the work, the fantastic social events gave me a chance to get to know my fellow summer associates and the rest of the team at Baker on a more personal level. The people at Baker were so welcoming and genuinely excited to develop relationships with the summers like myself, and I am really looking forward to seeing those colleagues and friends when I return there in the fall. In all, my summer experience demonstrated that BakerHostetler is the ideal work environment for me: friendly people who take their work seriously and generously share their time to help one another succeed.”
— 2022 New York University summer associate and current associate
“I truly cannot speak highly enough about my experience as a summer associate at BakerHostetler. In addition to working on interesting and substantive legal projects throughout the summer, I had the opportunity to get to know and learn from the wonderful humans at Baker through a variety of firm social events. Every day, I looked forward to spending time with my colleagues and working on exciting projects.”
— 2023 Harvard University summer associate and incoming new associate
“From day one of the summer associate program, everyone at BakerHostetler was extremely welcoming and showed genuine interest in getting to know me and my future legal goals. I was quickly immersed in meaningful assignments and then given thoughtful feedback at the completion of each. It is clear that Baker cares about everyone who joins their team, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from so many accomplished attorneys at such a distinguished firm.”
— 2023 Case Western Reserve University summer associate and incoming new associate
The Cleveland summer associate program is 10 weeks long, typically starting in May and concluding by end of July. During that period, we strive to provide a balance of substantive work assignments, training programs and exciting social events. Our summer class is comprised of predominantly second-year law students who are at the top of their classes.
Over the last several years, we’ve had summer associates from the following law schools: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of Michigan, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron. Our expectation is that each summer associate will receive an offer to join the firm upon completion of law school.
The Cleveland office typically hires 8 summer associates. To apply, please submit your cover letter, resume and transcripts through our online application: BakerHostetler Open Positions
