Summer Program Stats
No. of Summer Associates (2025): 38 total (3 3Ls; 27 2L’s; 8 1L’s)
No. of 2L Offers (2024): 14 out of 15
Summer Associate Salary:
$4,327/week
Summer Program Length:
4 weeks
Summer Program Contact
Kimberly Young
Attorney Development Manager
(713) 653-7867
kyoung@susmangodfrey.com
1L Summers: Yes. Yes, through a two-week 1L Summer Diversity Fellowship; fellows do substantive legal work and receive $5,000
Assigned to Specific Practice Area: No
Split Summer with Another Firm: Yes
Split Summer with Another Office: Not typically
When Does Firm Begin Accepting Resumes for Summer Program: have existing outreach programs should send their materials, including complete 1L grades, generally in May before the 2L year begins.
Offices with a Summer Program
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Seattle
Schools Firm Visits for OCI
- Berkeley Law
- Columbia Law School
- Harvard Law School
- NYU Law
- Stanford Law School
- University of Chicago Law School
- University of Houston Law Center
- University of Texas at Austin School of Law
- Yale Law School
The Firm Says
Susman Godfrey offers a unique, four-week summer program to 2L and pre-clerkship 3L students. Summer associates gain meaningful experience doing important, substantial legal work on cases for the firm’s clients under the supervision and guidance of Susman Godfrey trial lawyers.
Susman Godfrey’s summer program provides summer associates a realistic look at what it is like to be an associate at Susman Godfrey. Unlike many other law firms, at Susman Godfrey, summer associates do not receive make-work or practice assignments. Instead, our summer associates play an important role as members of our trial teams as we work up our cases, make arguments to judges, and prepare for trial.
We strive to make sure that our summer associates have the true trial lawyer experience. Our summer associates regularly observe Susman Godfrey lawyers in action at trials, depositions, and client meetings.
But it’s not just work. We want summer associates to get to know our people. During your four weeks here, summer associates will have the opportunity to get to know our attorneys through a wide range of social events.
Our summer associates receive a brief yet realistic glimpse at the challenges, excitement, and unparalleled opportunities our associates experience on a daily basis.