BigLaw 2L summer programs in Los Angeles, 2028
2L summer associate programs for summer 2028 (the Class of 2029) that list a Los Angeles office, from the BigLaw Job Board. Programs that name no office are on the full 2L list. Updated Nov 6, 2026.
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35 programs with Los Angeles offices
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Vault #3
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Chicago +6
Vault #4
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Jan 29, 2027
Austin, Boston +9
Vault #6
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Bay Area, Boston +11
Vault #7
2L Summer · Summer 2028 (rolling)
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Los Angeles, New York +1
Vault #8
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Feb 5, 2027
Dallas, Denver +7
Vault #9
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
New York, Los Angeles +1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Vault #10
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
New York, Bay Area +4
Vault #11
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Century City +10
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Vault #13
2L Summer · Summer 2028
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Los Angeles, New York +3
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Vault #14
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Los Angeles +5
Vault #18
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Chicago +6
Vault #20
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Chicago +5
Vault #27
2L Summer · Summer 2028 — combined 2027 1L + 2028 2L program; first-year applicants
Applications Opened Oct 1
Deadline Feb 28, 2027
Austin, Boston +8
Vault #28
2L Summer · Summer 2028: Texas joint 1L/2L and Intellectual Property summer programs
Applications Open now
Deadline Jan 31, 2027
Austin, Dallas +6
Vault #30
2L Summer · Class of 2029. Dual seat or 2L-only seat.
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Mar 31, 2027
Baltimore, Boston +10
Vault #31
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Los Angeles +6
Vault #35
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Rolling
New York, Washington, DC +6
Vault #37
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Chicago +11
Vault #39
2L Summer · 2L summer (2028 Summer Associate Program)
Applications Open now
Deadline Mar 1, 2027
Charlotte, Chicago +8
Vault #42
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Atlanta, Austin +13
Vault #43
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Chicago, Los Angeles +3
Vault #44
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Not announced
Charlotte, Chicago +6
Vault #46
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Rolling
Boston, Chicago +5
Vault #51
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Charlotte +7
Vault #58
Applications Opened Nov 1
Deadline Not announced
Atlanta, Charlotte +8
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Vault #77
Applications Opened Oct 1
Deadline Dec 11, 2026
Boston, Los Angeles +2
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Vault #97
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Atlanta, Bay Area +10
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Applications Opened Nov 2
Deadline Not announced
Los Angeles, Century City +4
2L Summer · Summer 2028: 2L Summer Associate
Applications Open now
Deadline Not announced
Washington, DC, San Francisco +4
Vault #12
2L Summer · Class of 2029. Separate 2L application.
Applications Dec 1, 2026
Deadline Not announced
Boston, Los Angeles +4
Vault #29
Applications Jan 1, 2027
Deadline Not announced
Los Angeles
Vault #19
Applications Not announced
Deadline Not announced
Houston, New York +2
Vault #24
Applications Not announced (last cycle Jan 5, 2026)
Deadline Not announced
Phoenix, Los Angeles +4
Vault #88
Applications Expected January 2027
Deadline Not announced
Philadelphia, New York +6
Vault #89
Applications Not announced
Deadline Not announced
Atlanta, Boston +9
| Firm | Program | Applications | Deadline | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vault #3 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Not announced | Boston, Chicago +6 |
| Latham & Watkins LLP Vault #4 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Jan 29, 2027 | Austin, Boston +9 |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP Vault #6 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Bay Area, Boston +11 |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Vault #7 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 (rolling) | Open now | Not announced | Los Angeles, New York +1 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Vault #8 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Feb 5, 2027 | Dallas, Denver +7 |
| Milbank LLP Vault #9 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Open now | Not announced | New York, Los Angeles +1 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Vault #10 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | New York, Bay Area +4 |
| Sidley Austin LLP Vault #11 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Boston, Century City +10 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Vault #13 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Open now | Not announced | Los Angeles, New York +3 |
| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Vault #14 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Boston, Los Angeles +5 |
| White & Case LLP Vault #18 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Boston, Chicago +6 |
| Ropes & Gray LLP Vault #20 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Boston, Chicago +5 |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP Vault #27 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 — combined 2027 1L + 2028 2L program; first-year applicants | Opened Oct 1 | Feb 28, 2027 | Austin, Boston +8 |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP Vault #28 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028: Texas joint 1L/2L and Intellectual Property summer programs | Open now | Jan 31, 2027 | Austin, Dallas +6 |
| Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Vault #30 | 2L Summer · Class of 2029. Dual seat or 2L-only seat. | Opened Nov 1 | Mar 31, 2027 | Baltimore, Boston +10 |
| Goodwin Procter LLP Vault #31 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Not announced | Boston, Los Angeles +6 |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Vault #35 | 2L Summer | Opened Nov 1 | Rolling | New York, Washington, DC +6 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Vault #37 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Not announced | Boston, Chicago +11 |
| Winston Taylor LLP Vault #39 | 2L Summer · 2L summer (2028 Summer Associate Program) | Open now | Mar 1, 2027 | Charlotte, Chicago +8 |
| DLA Piper LLP (US) Vault #42 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Open now | Not announced | Atlanta, Austin +13 |
| Jenner & Block LLP Vault #43 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Open now | Not announced | Chicago, Los Angeles +3 |
| Mayer Brown LLP Vault #44 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Not announced | Charlotte, Chicago +6 |
| McDermott Will & Schulte LLP Vault #46 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Rolling | Boston, Chicago +5 |
| Dechert LLP Vault #51 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Boston, Charlotte +7 |
| Alston & Bird LLP Vault #58 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 1 | Not announced | Atlanta, Charlotte +8 |
| Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Vault #77 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Oct 1 | Dec 11, 2026 | Boston, Los Angeles +2 |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Vault #97 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Open now | Not announced | Atlanta, Bay Area +10 |
| Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Opened Nov 2 | Not announced | Los Angeles, Century City +4 |
| Epstein Becker & Green | 2L Summer · Summer 2028: 2L Summer Associate | Open now | Not announced | Washington, DC, San Francisco +4 |
| Covington & Burling LLP Vault #12 | 2L Summer · Class of 2029. Separate 2L application. | Dec 1, 2026 | Not announced | Boston, Los Angeles +4 |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Vault #29 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Jan 1, 2027 | Not announced | Los Angeles |
| Susman Godfrey LLP Vault #19 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Not announced | Not announced | Houston, New York +2 |
| Perkins Coie Vault #24 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Not announced (last cycle Jan 5, 2026) | Not announced | Phoenix, Los Angeles +4 |
| Cozen O'Connor P.C. Vault #88 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Expected January 2027 | Not announced | Philadelphia, New York +6 |
| Seyfarth Vault #89 | 2L Summer · Summer 2028 | Not announced | Not announced | Atlanta, Boston +9 |
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