Summer Associate Class Size by Firm
BigLaw Bear lists the summer associate class size at 104 firms, largest first. The median is 40 and the largest is Kirkland & Ellis LLP at 957. 32 of 104 figures carry a confirmed reporting year, so the median mixes reporting years. Checked Oct 16, 2026.
| Firm | Am Law Rank | Class Size | 1Ls | 2Ls | Program Weeks | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | #1 | 957 (year not confirmed) | 486 | 471 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Latham & Watkins LLP | #2 | 398 (year not confirmed) | 25 | 373 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | #10 | 265 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | #14 | 220 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | #25 | 216 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Sidley Austin LLP | #6 | 198 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | #5 | 190 (2026) | 42 | 148 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jones Day | #15 | 189 (year not confirmed) | 49 | 140 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Ropes & Gray LLP | #7 | 160 (2026) | 7 | 153 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | #4 | 156 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | #31 | 150 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | #50 | 143 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Vinson & Elkins LLP | #58 | 134 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| DLA Piper LLP (US) | #3 | 131 (2026) | 34 | 97 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Paul Hastings LLP | #22 | 131 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | #32 | 128 (year not confirmed) | 18 | 110 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | #11 | 118 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Covington & Burling LLP | #30 | 118 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| King & Spalding LLP | #23 | 107 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Troutman Pepper Locke LLP | #33 | 104 (2026) | 49 | 55 | 9 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | #36 | 104 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Milbank LLP | #28 | 100 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | #35 | 96 (2026) | 5 | 91 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | #60 | 88 (2025) | 27 | 61 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| White & Case LLP | #9 | 82 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Winston Taylor LLP | #49 | 79 (year not confirmed) | 27 | 52 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Freshfields US LLP | Not listed | 75 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Alston & Bird LLP | #44 | 73 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 9 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Baker Botts L.L.P. | #75 | 73 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | #56 | 72 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Mayer Brown LLP | #27 | 69 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Goodwin Procter LLP | #21 | 67 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not linked Confirmed by the firm | Not recorded |
| Husch Blackwell LLP | #82 | 67 (year not confirmed) | 28 | 39 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP | #47 | 65 (2026) | 9 | 56 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | #12 | 64 (year not confirmed) | 7 | 57 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Dentons US LLP | #18 | 61 (year not confirmed) | 19 | 42 | Not reported | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | #38 | 61 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Proskauer Rose LLP | #41 | 61 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. | #37 | 60 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | #57 | 60 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | #52 | 59 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Holland & Knight LLP | #26 | 57 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Fisher Phillips | #110 | 56 (year not confirmed) | 12 | 44 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Haynes and Boone, LLP | #85 | 52 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Fenwick & West LLP | #69 | 47 (year not confirmed) | 3 | 44 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff | #116 | 47 (year not confirmed) | 11 | 36 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | #64 | 46 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | #66 | 46 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| K&L Gates LLP | #48 | 44 (2026) | 6 | 38 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Baker & Hostetler LLP | #59 | 44 (year not confirmed) | 6 | 38 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Williams & Connolly LLP | #87 | 44 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 12 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Reed Smith LLP | #40 | 41 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | #107 | 39 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | #65 | 38 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | #95 | 38 (year not confirmed) | 13 | 25 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| A&O Shearman LLP | Not listed | 38 (2026) | 3 | 35 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP | #53 | 37 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Dorsey & Whitney LLP | #99 | 37 (year not confirmed) | 10 | 27 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz | #102 | 37 (year not confirmed) | 18 | 19 | Not reported | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Boies Schiller Flexner LLP | #153 | 37 (2026) | 4 | 33 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Barnes & Thornburg LLP | #78 | 35 (year not confirmed) | 15 | 32 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Susman Godfrey LLP | #92 | 35 (year not confirmed) | 9 | 22 | 4 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| McGuireWoods LLP | #54 | 34 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Littler Mendelson P.C. | #62 | 33 (2026) | 4 | 29 | 8 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. | #93 | 33 (2026) | 8 | 25 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Fish & Richardson P.C. | #103 | 33 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Jackson Walker | #105 | 33 (year not confirmed) | 17 | 16 | 9 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | #46 | 32 (2026) | 1 | 31 | Not reported | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jenner & Block LLP | #81 | 30 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Lowenstein Sandler | #104 | 30 (2024) | 5 | 25 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Bracewell | #125 | 29 (year not confirmed) | 15 | 14 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Crowell & Moring LLP | #86 | 28 (year not confirmed) | 4 | 24 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Venable LLP | #68 | 27 (year not confirmed) | 1 | 26 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Blank Rome LLP | #73 | 26 (2026) | 5 | 21 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Irell & Manella LLP | Not listed | 26 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | #90 | 25 (2026) | 7 | 18 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Seyfarth Shaw LLP | #63 | 24 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Fox Rothschild LLP | #71 | 23 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Akerman LLP | #96 | 22 (2026) | 2 | 20 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | #67 | 20 (year not confirmed) | 8 | 12 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | #127 | 20 (year not confirmed) | 4 | 16 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Stoel Rives | #139 | 20 (2025) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Carlton Fields | #155 | 20 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. | #83 | 19 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Duane Morris LLP | #84 | 18 (2026) | 3 | 14 | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Gunderson Dettmer LLP | #101 | 17 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Choate Hall & Stewart | #122 | 17 (year not confirmed) | 1 | 16 | Not reported | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Fredrikson & Byron | #145 | 17 (year not confirmed) | 5 | 12 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | #148 | 17 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Steptoe LLP | #98 | 16 (2025) | 1 | 15 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Nixon Peabody LLP | #88 | 15 (2025) | Not reported | Not reported | 8 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| ArentFox Schiff LLP | #91 | 15 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Foley Hoag LLP | #134 | 15 (year not confirmed) | 3 | 10 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Cozen O'Connor P.C. | #80 | 14 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Seward & Kissel | #178 | 11 (2024) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Wiley Rein | #160 | 10 (2026) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Robinson & Cole | #175 | 10 (2025) | 4 | 6 | 10 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Goulston & Storrs | #162 | 9 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 9 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Linklaters LLP | Not listed | 9 (year not confirmed) | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Source | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Thompson Hine | #137 | 8 (year not confirmed) | 4 | 4 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Brown Rudnick | #141 | 8 (year not confirmed) | 1 | 7 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young | #173 | 8 (2025) | 2 | 6 | 9 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Hanson Bridgett | #189 | 7 (year not confirmed) | 2 | 5 | 10 | Source | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Loeb & Loeb | #108 | 5 (2025) | Not reported | Not reported | 8 | Source | Oct 16, 2026 |
Figures are the class size on each firm’s BigLaw Bear profile, with the same source and reporting year. A firm without a confirmed year says so, and a blank means the firm has not reported that figure, not zero. Read the summer associate guide for what the program involves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which BigLaw firms have the largest summer associate classes?
Of the 104 firms listed here, the largest reported classes are Kirkland & Ellis LLP (957), Latham & Watkins LLP (398), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (265), Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (220), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (216). The full list is in the table, largest first.
What is the median summer associate class size?
The median across the 104 firms is 40. 22 firms report 100 or more, and the smallest listed class is 5 at Loeb & Loeb.
How many summer associates are 1Ls and how many are 2Ls?
50 of the 104 firms report both a 1L count and a 2L count, and the table shows them. The other 54 do not report both halves, so we show no split.
How long is a BigLaw summer associate program?
94 of the 104 firms report a program length. The most common is 10 weeks, at 83 of them.
Which year do these class sizes describe?
32 of the 104 figures have a confirmed reporting year, shown in brackets. The other 72 say "year not confirmed", so treat them as a recent class rather than a specific summer.
Does a larger class mean a better chance of an offer?
Class size is only the number of students a firm hosts. It does not give the offer rate, which a firm reports separately. How summer programs and offers work
The Live Job BoardLaw School Employment OutcomesWhere Graduates Land by SchoolThe Summer Associate Guide
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