Overview

This year Vault Law is excited to provide law students two unique resources for success in interviewing for and selecting their summer associate experience. The 2023 Vault Guide to Summer Associate Interviewing & Top-Ranked Programs provides expert advice on law firm interviewing and succeeding as a summer associate, as well as highlighting the top-ranked summer associate programs—from summer program data to associate quotes about their experiences summering at their firms. 

The Vault Resource Center—this page—offers a chance to hear from the firm itself about its summer program, with firms providing insider information like interviews with associates or highlighting unique features of their summer experience. 

All rankings listed are derived from Vault's 2022 Annual Associate survey

Top Ranked Summer Programs

Best Overall Summer Programs

Best Summer Programs for Attorney Interactions

Best Summer Programs for Career Development

Best Summer Programs for Social Experiences

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#15 Attorney Interactions
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#8 Attorney Interactions
#12 Career Development
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#7 Career Development
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#13 Career Development
#19 Attorney Interactions
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#12 Social Experiences
#17 Summer Program
#17 Attorney Interactions
#28 Career Development

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#16 Career Development
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#6 Attorney Interactions
#6 Social Experiences
#7 Summer Program
#8 Career Development

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#29 Summer Program

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#3 Career Development
#4 Summer Program
#4 Attorney Interactions
#8 Social Experiences

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#10 Summer Program
#10 Career Development
#17 Social Experiences
#18 Attorney Interactions

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#22 Summer Program
#22 Career Development
#26 Attorney Interactions

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#22 Summer Program
#22 Career Development
#26 Attorney Interactions

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#22 Attorney Interactions
#28 Social Experiences
#35 Summer Program

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#11 Summer Program
#13 Attorney Interactions
#14 Social Experiences
#16 Career Development

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#24 Social Experiences
#39 Summer Program

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#7 Social Experiences

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#4 Career Development
#5 Summer Program
#5 Social Experiences
#12 Attorney Interactions

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#4 Career Development
#5 Summer Program
#5 Social Experiences
#12 Attorney Interactions

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#15 Summer Program
#20 Career Development
#24 Attorney Interactions
#27 Social Experiences

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#1 Attorney Interactions
#1 Social Experiences
#3 Summer Program
#5 Career Development

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#20 Attorney Interactions
#24 Career Development
#32 Summer Program

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