Our summer associate program philosophy is simple: provide as realistic of an associate experience as possible and let our practice sell itself to summer associates. The end result is a rich experience that would be difficult to find anywhere else.
Note: We are no longer accepting applications for our 2027 2L Summer Program. If you are interested in our 2028 2L Summer Program (Class of 2029), please complete this online form for updates. We are also accepting applications for associate positions, which you can find here.
Each year, the firm invites a handful of summer associates to work alongside its attorneys and staff in a variety of cutting-edge, high-stakes litigation matters. Summer associates can expect to draft substantive motions, work directly with partners, attend hearings and depositions, and participate in strategy and client meetings. This means that summer associates have the opportunity to perform associate work, under the supervision of KVP attorneys. They are fully integrated into at least one active, ongoing case, which allows them to experience the intellectual and practical challenges of litigation while embedded with the case team, but will also work on other matters in order to meet other lawyers in the firm and experience different areas of litigation. In other words, KVP summer associates can expect to actually learn something over their summer.
Like our firm itself, KVP’s summer program is lean: we’d rather ensure an outstanding experience for a few summer associates than a mediocre experience for many.
Each summer associate has a partner and an associate mentor, attends various training sessions and speaker series, and receives a mid-summer and end-of-summer review. Consistent with our goal of delivering a real-life associate experience, summer associates are urged to attend the most exciting of the trials, hearings, or other events occurring over the summer. And of course, there is no shortage of opportunities to meet our lawyers and staff through firm social events.