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BigLaw 2L Summer Programs 2028: Open Dates and Deadlines

Every 2L summer associate program for summer 2028 on the BigLaw job board (the Class of 2029), open programs first, then firm-announced opening dates, soonest first. Dates come from each firm’s own careers page or application system. Updated Oct 5, 2026.

Programs
91
Open now
7
Opening date announced
20

Posted deadlines

  • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.: December 11, 2026
  • Baker & Hostetler LLP: January 15, 2027
  • Latham & Watkins LLP: January 29, 2027
  • O'Melveny & Myers LLP: January 31, 2027
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP: February 5, 2027
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: February 5, 2027
  • Morrison Foerster: February 28, 2027
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: March 1, 2027
  • Baker McKenzie LLP: March 1, 2027

All 91 2L summer 2028 programs

FirmProgramApplicationsDeadlineOffices
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Vault #7

2L Summer · Summer 2028 (rolling)Opened Sep 15Mar 1, 2027New York, Los Angeles +2
Morrison Foerster

Vault #27

2L Summer · Summer 2028 (apply as a 1L)Opened Oct 1Feb 28, 2027See firm page
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Vault #28

2L Summer · Summer 2028Opened Oct 1Jan 31, 2027Dallas, Austin +6
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Vault #63

2L Summer · Summer 2028Opened Sep 15Jan 15, 2027Cleveland
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Vault #77

2L Summer · Summer 2028Opened Oct 1Dec 11, 2026Boston, Los Angeles +2
Foley Hoag LLP

Vault #90

2L Summer · Summer 2028Opened Oct 1RollingBoston, New York +1
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Vault #97

2L Summer · Summer 2028Opened Sep 16RollingAtlanta, Bay Area +10
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Vault #38

2L Summer · Summer 2028Oct 15, 2026Not announcedBoston, Chicago +6
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Vault #60

2L Summer · Summer 2028Oct 15, 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Vault #73

2L Summer · Summer 2028Oct 15, 2026Not announcedNew York, Washington, DC
Latham & Watkins LLP

Vault #4

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Jan 29, 2027Austin, Boston +9
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Vault #6

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedBay Area, Boston +11
Milbank LLP

Vault #9

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedNew York, Los Angeles +1
Cleary

Vault #16

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedSee firm page
White & Case LLP

Vault #18

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedBoston, Chicago +6
Baker McKenzie LLP

Vault #45

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Mar 1, 2027See firm page
Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vault #53

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedAustin, Dallas +6
Alston & Bird LLP

Vault #58

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Fenwick & West LLP

Vault #71

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 1, 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Vault #3

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 2, 2026Not announcedBoston, Hong Kong +6
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Vault #8

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 2, 2026Feb 5, 2027Dallas, Denver +7
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Vault #37

2L Summer · Summer 2028Nov 2, 2026Not announcedBoston, Philadelphia +2
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Vault #2

2L Summer · Summer 2028Dec 1, 2026Feb 5, 2027New York
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Vault #29

2L Summer · Summer 2028Jan 1, 2027Not announcedLos Angeles
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP2L Summer · Summer 2028Jan 1, 2027Not announcedAtlanta, Chicago +11
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Vault #1

2L Summer · Summer 2028Jan 4, 2027Not announcedNew York
Reed Smith LLP

Vault #59

2L Summer · Summer 2028Jan 4, 2027Not announcedSee firm page
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Vault #5

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announced (last cycle Nov 1, 2025)Not announcedSee firm page
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Vault #10

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected fall 2026Not announcedNew York, Bay Area +4
Sidley

Vault #11

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Covington & Burling LLP

Vault #12

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announced (last cycle Dec 1, 2025)Not announcedBoston, Los Angeles +4
Weil

Vault #15

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Williams & Connolly LLP

Vault #17

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected late fall 2026Not announcedWashington, DC
Susman Godfrey LLP

Vault #19

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedHouston, New York +2
Ropes & Gray LLP

Vault #20

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected fall 2026Not announcedBoston, Chicago +5
Paul Hastings

Vault #21

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected mid-December 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Cooley

Vault #22

2L Summer · Summer 2028 (Class of 2029)Expected November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Vault #23

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early November 2026Not announcedNew York, Washington, DC +1
Perkins Coie

Vault #24

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early January 2027Not announcedSee firm page
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Vault #25

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Jones Day

Vault #26

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announced (last cycle Oct 27, 2025)Not announcedAtlanta, Boston +16
Goodwin Procter LLP

Vault #31

2L Summer · Our 2028 summer program application will open on November 2, 2026.Not announcedNot announcedBoston, Los Angeles +6
King & Spalding LLP

Vault #36

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Jenner & Block LLP

Vault #43

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announced (last cycle Nov 14, 2025)Not announcedSee firm page
Freshfields US LLP

Vault #50

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedBoston, New York +3
Dechert

Vault #51

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected late October to November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Baker Botts L.L.P.

Vault #54

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedAustin, Dallas +5
Greenberg Traurig

Vault #55

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Norton Rose Fulbright

Vault #57

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Vault #61

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Dentons

Vault #62

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Vault #66

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Venable

Vault #69

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Kellogg Hansen

Vault #70

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Nixon Peabody

Vault #75

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Fox Rothschild

Vault #76

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Vault #78

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected late fall 2026Not announcedChicago, New York
Steptoe

Vault #79

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Vault #80

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announced (last cycle Sep 28, 2026)Not announcedSee firm page
Haynes Boone

Vault #81

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Gunderson Dettmer

Vault #83

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Fish & Richardson

Vault #84

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Faegre Drinker

Vault #85

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Polsinelli

Vault #87

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Cozen O'Connor P.C.

Vault #88

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected January 2027Not announcedPhiladelphia, New York +6
Seyfarth

Vault #89

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Blank Rome

Vault #91

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Ballard Spahr LLP

Vault #92

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected December 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Duane Morris

Vault #94

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Husch Blackwell

Vault #96

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Eversheds Sutherland

Vault #98

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Vault #99

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected fall 2026Not announcedAtlanta, Denver +2
Littler

Vault #100

2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Barnes & Thornburg2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Bradley2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Dorsey & Whitney2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Gordon Rees2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Jackson Lewis2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Nelson Mullins2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Ogletree Deakins2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Womble Bond Dickinson2L Summer · Summer 2028Not announcedNot announcedSee firm page
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Vault #30

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early January 2027Not announcedSee firm page
Arnold & Porter

Vault #32

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early December 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Wilson Sonsini

Vault #34

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected mid-January 2027Not announcedSee firm page
Willkie

Vault #35

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected late November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Winston Taylor

Vault #39

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected late October to early November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Orrick

Vault #40

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early November 2026Not announcedSee firm page
Clifford Chance

Vault #41

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected fall 2026Not announcedSee firm page
DLA Piper

Vault #42

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected early January 2027Not announcedSee firm page
Fried Frank

Vault #47

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected mid-December 2026Not announcedSee firm page
K&L Gates

Vault #49

2L Summer · Summer 2028Expected mid-January 2027Not announcedSee firm page

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