Live the Haynes Boone Experience – Nine to Ten Weeks of Career Development, Network Building and In-Depth Mentorship Experience
- Attend meetings, depositions, court hearings and more to gain experience as a lawyer at Haynes Boone
- Paired with supervising partner and associate mentors that will work with you every day throughout the summer
- Gain substantive skills and legal insight by attending regular practice group meetings where legal training is provided
Your Practice Focus
Typically, you will be assigned to one or two of our practice areas for which you indicated a preference. However, because interests can change and evolve, we also expose you to other practice groups through our training programs and encourage you to explore all areas of interest during your time with us.
Your Work
Wherever possible you’ll have the opportunity to attend client meetings, closings, negotiations, depositions, trials and courtroom hearings. The lawyers you work with will also ask you to draft research memoranda, litigation pleadings, motions and briefs, and a broad range of transactional documents. It’s a well-rounded approach that lets you demonstrate your analytical, advocacy and writing skills.
Your Hours
While we don’t require summer associates to work a minimum number of hours, most work an average of 40 to 50 hours per week depending on their work assignments. It gives you a feel for the “real world” pace and reflects the quality work that you’ll have as a new associate.
Your Assignments
Each summer associate is assigned a partner supervisor and associate mentor(s) who give you work assignments. Assignments correspond with practice areas as you rotate or switch during the summer.
Your Social Activities
We design the social aspects of your summer so you can fully experience the city in which you’re clerking and get to know your peers and the Haynes Boone lawyers. We encourage you to participate in events like dinners, sporting events and practice group get-togethers, but you won’t be required to attend all activities.
The Haynes Boone Diversity Scholars Program
The Haynes Boone Diversity Scholars Program has been established to attract outstanding diverse students to the private practice of law while helping these students be successful in law school through both work and mentorship experiences afforded by the program. Our Diversity Scholars Program includes a 9–10-week paid Summer Clerkship for 1L and 2L students and a stipend during the school year, as outlined below. Haynes Boone is committed to recruiting, retaining and advancing diverse lawyers and our Diversity Scholars Program is one of the many programs we have implemented to contribute toward enhancing the diversity of our firm and profession. Students interested in applying to this program are required to submit a diversity statement along with their application materials.
1L Diversity Scholarship - Potential Total Scholarship $25,000
- $10,000 if students receive and accept our 1L summer offer
- $7,500 if students receive and accept our 2L summer offer
- $7,500 if students receive and accept our First Year Associate offer
2L Diversity Scholarship - Potential Total Scholarship $15,000
- $7,500 if students receive and accept our 2L summer offer
- $7,500 if students receive and accept our First Year Associate offer
First-Year Associate Scholarship - Potential Total Scholarship $7,500
- $7,500 if students receive and accept our First Year Associate offer