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Summer Program at Venable LLP

600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 344-4000

Summer Program Overview


Venable provides summer associates with challenging and rewarding work in a collaborative and professional environment. We hold summer associate programs in seven of our offices: Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Tysons, and Washington, DC. Our summer program is designed to give summer associates a realistic depiction of what life is like as a junior associate. An extensive orientation program, a broad selection of professional training workshops, and one-to-one mentoring from our exceptional lawyers makes Venable an incomparable place to launch your car...

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

38 total (35 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2023)

47 out of 51

Summer Program Length

10 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

38 total (35 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2023)

47 out of 51

Summer Program Length

10 weeks


1L Summers

Yes. As part of the LCLD 1L Scholars Program


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No


Split Summer with Another Firm

No


Split Summer with Another Office

No


When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program

Rolling/After first semester grades/After second semester grades/Only through schools’ OCI and resume-collection programs


Summer Associate Salary

$3,942/week



Summer Program Contact

Melissa N. Meyer


Offices with Program

Baltimore


Schools Visited for OCI

American University Washington College of Law


Career Fairs Attended

George Washington New York Job Fair

Summer Program Overview


Venable provides summer associates with challenging and rewarding work in a collaborative and professional environment. We hold summer associate programs in seven of our offices: Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Tysons, and Washington, DC. Our summer program is designed to give summer associates a realistic depiction of what life is like as a junior associate. An extensive orientation program, a broad selection of professional training workshops, and one-to-one mentoring from our exceptional lawyers makes Venable an incomparable place to launch your car...

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

38 total (35 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2023)

47 out of 51

Summer Program Length

10 weeks

No. of Summer Associates (2024)

38 total (35 2Ls; 3 1Ls)

No. of 2L Offers (2023)

47 out of 51

Summer Program Length

10 weeks


1L Summers

Yes. As part of the LCLD 1L Scholars Program


Assigned to Specific Practice Area

No


Split Summer with Another Firm

No


Split Summer with Another Office

No


When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program

Rolling/After first semester grades/After second semester grades/Only through schools’ OCI and resume-collection programs


Summer Associate Salary

$3,942/week



Summer Program Contact

Melissa N. Meyer


Offices with Program

Baltimore


Schools Visited for OCI

American University Washington College of Law


Career Fairs Attended

George Washington New York Job Fair

Survey Says


Training & Assignments

  • “The summer associate program provides excellent substantive work experience that can be customized to your practice area interests. The majority of matters I worked on were billable, which I appreciated tremendously. Our assignment coordinators assisted in workload management, and helped find projects in our interest areas, to ensure we had a range of experiences.” 
  • “The firm values input from its sum...