How to Apply

Summer Associate Positions

We encourage you to sign up here to receive an update on when our application portal will open for our 2026 New York 2L Summer Associate Program.

Our summer program is designed to provide law students with an experience that mirrors the life of a first‑year associate and an opportunity to work directly for, and with, the Firm’s clients. Summer associates choose to work in the Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Executive Compensation and Benefits or Trusts and Estates departments, and they experience the day‑to‑day working life of a Cravath lawyer. Summer associates are assigned to a partner from their selected department who is responsible for assigning work, providing feedback, introducing the other team members and ensuring the experience resembles that of a first‑year associate. Summer associates also have an associate mentor. 

Building relationships with your Cravath colleagues is an important part of your summer—and your career. During previous summers, our social activities have included a party at the Central Park Zoo, Broadway shows, concerts, Apollo Night, sailing, High Line volunteer day, Shakespeare in the Park and opportunities to attend various sporting events. Throughout the summer there are informal lunches and dinners designed to allow our summer associates to spend time with the Firm’s lawyers in a less structured setting.

Summer Associates (both first and second year law school students) are paid a weekly salary of $4,327.

 

Associate/Post-Clerkship Positions

If you are interested in applying for an associate position, please email your application (resume and transcripts--law school and undergraduate) to the applicable email address below and note your area of interest (e.g., Corporate, Litigation, Executive Compensation and Benefits, Tax or Trusts and Estates).

Post-Clerkship Applications:  clerks@cravath.com

All Other Associate Applications:  csmrecruit@cravath.com

Associate Compensation

Associates in New York are paid on a base salary scale currently ranging from $225,000 to $420,000. In addition to a base salary, associates are eligible for a discretionary year‑end bonus. We also offer a comprehensive and flexible benefits package, including, but not limited to, paid time off, medical, dental, vision care, 401(k) and substantial health club discounts.

Judicial Clerk

Incoming associates who have completed a qualifying clerkship receive a clerkship bonus of $125,000; those who have completed a clerkship of two years or two one-year clerkships will receive a bonus of $150,000 (in lieu of the $125,000 bonus described above). Incoming associates will receive a year of credit for compensation purposes, up to a maximum of two years, for each year they clerked. Incoming associates who have completed a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship (and at least one other qualifying clerkship) will receive an additional bonus and two years of class credit for all purposes.

 

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