2027 Summer Associate (New York, NY)
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Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
NY
Summary
Summer Associates will assist partners and associates with legal tasks, gaining hands-on experience in litigation or corporate practices. They will perform legal research, draft documents, and provide legal opinions.
Job Description
Position Summary:
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP is seeking current 1L students interested in joining the 2027 Summer Associate class (expected to be a rising 3L in summer 2027).
Throughout our 10-week program, Summer Associates will be assigned to assist partners and associates with their legal tasks, giving them hands-on experience and mentoring opportunities in either our litigation or corporate practices.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform highly complex legal research and writing on a wide variety of legal matters
- Analyze and prepare effective legal opinions, ordinances, contracts, agreements, leases, deeds, pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents
- Prepare sound legal opinions using independent judgment
- Provide legal advice, opinions and recommendations, communicated both orally and in writing
- Draft and review various legal documents
Position-Specific Skills and Requirements:
- Attention to detail
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Pursuing JD (on track to graduate in 2028)
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Salary Range$4,326—$4,326 USD
Hughes Hubbard is a leading international law firm that focuses on quality and results.
Since its founding in 1888 by Charles Evans Hughes (future Governor of New York, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), our firm has prioritized commitment to our clients and the ability to mobilize our talent around the world as quickly as possible. Today, Hughes Hubbard strikes a balance between scale and agility, allowing us to tackle our clients’ largest and most complex matters while adapting to an ever-changing market. We also pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative environment within our teams and across our practices and offices, as well as with our clients and other law firms.
Hughes Hubbard’s long-held dedication to inclusion and pro bono make us better lawyers and creative problem solvers and staying focused on what's important is part of our heritage and how we chart our future.
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Founded
1888
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Law Practice
Org type
Partnership
Headquarters
New York, NY
Hughes Hubbard is a leading international law firm that focuses on quality and results.
Since its founding in 1888 by Charles Evans Hughes (future Governor of New York, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), our firm has prioritized commitment to our clients and the ability to mobilize our talent around the world as quickly as possible. Today, Hughes Hubbard strikes a balance between scale and agility, allowing us to tackle our clients’ largest and most complex matters while adapting to an ever-changing market. We also pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative environment within our teams and across our practices and offices, as well as with our clients and other law firms.
Hughes Hubbard’s long-held dedication to inclusion and pro bono make us better lawyers and creative problem solvers and staying focused on what's important is part of our heritage and how we chart our future.
Follow us on X:
@hugheshubbard
Content may include attorney advertising.
Founded
1888
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Law Practice
Org type
Partnership
Headquarters
New York, NY
