Join a firm like no other
Davis Polk is one of the world’s most admired firms, with top-tier clients, an unparalleled reputation and a warm, inclusive culture. If you thrive in an environment of collaboration and excellence, come build your future with us.
Davis Polk owes its unmatched reputation and long history of outstanding achievements to the exceptional individuals who work here. We’re determined to be nothing less than the world’s leading law firm and are looking for people at the top of their game who are eager to achieve even more. In approaching every client and challenge as a team, we inspire each other to remarkable results. We value your talents, and we’re committed to providing opportunities for you to learn and grow, becoming even better at what you do. Here, every voice is heard, and every contribution is recognized.
Cutting-edge work
Our more than 1,000 lawyers work seamlessly across our global offices to serve clients. Clients turn to us with their most significant matters:
- Sophisticated global M&A deals
- Groundbreaking securities offerings
- Bet-the-company litigation and enforcement
- Transactions and disputes across national borders
- High-profile leveraged lending and sponsor finance transactions
- Complex corporate restructurings around the world
- Corporate governance on critical business matters
- High-stakes trial work
- Cutting-edge financial regulatory developments
- Innovative fintech matters
- Complex IP and commercial transactions
- Strategic tax transactional advice
- Sensitive government and international investigations
U.S. Summer Program
Our summer programs in New York, Los Angeles, Northern California and Washington DC are a gateway to world-class mentorship and unmatched training. They are designed to challenge you, inspire you and launch your legal career.
A lawyer-driven experience
Our summer program is planned and led by our lawyers. In a unique approach, each year Davis Polk selects two or three outstanding associates to step away from their practices to serve as full-time Summer Program Coordinators. They distribute work assignments based on your interests, and they provide a direct connection to the firm’s culture and values. The Summer Coordinators meet with each summer associate throughout the program to discuss your personal and professional goals and ensure you have a fulfilling and substantive experience.
Guidance and connection
Each summer associate is matched with both a partner and an associate who serve as resources and provide guidance throughout the summer. You will typically work with your partner mentor on one of your first assignments. They will provide informal guidance, as well as formal feedback at midsummer and exit reviews. Associate liaisons are typically first- or second-year associates. Partner mentors and associate liaisons join the summer associates at multiple social and networking events.
Exposure to real work
Our summer associates work on real assignments and are fully integrated into our existing teams and cases. They do the same work as our first- and second-year associates. Through our Summer Coordinators, we offer an open and flexible assignment system which means you can dig deep into an area of particular interest if you want, or you can work on assignments from multiple practice areas throughout the duration of the summer program to get exposure to everything Davis Polk has to offer.
A focus on development
We offer over 25 practice overview and professional development sessions to introduce the summer class to the firm’s practice areas and the work available to them. In addition, our popular multiday Corporate Immersion program gives you the opportunity to participate in a simulation of negotiations for a hypothetical corporate transaction. Partners, counsel and associates play key roles, such as clients and opposing counsel, as summer associates work through issues that cut across multiple practice areas.
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