Law firms

Summer 2026 hiring figures compared

Intake Size Number Of Summers
A&O Shearman
42
37
Akin
67
104
Alston & Bird
69
73
Arnold & Porter
36
37
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Axinn
Undisclosed
12
Baker Botts
42
73
BakerHostetler
37
44
Bracewell
18
29
Brown Rudnick
4
6
Cahill
36
39
Cleary Gottlieb
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Clifford Chance
40
45
Cooley
74
96
Covington & Burling
130
118
Cozen O'Connor
28
14
Cravath
89
143
Davis Polk & Wardwell
160
220
Debevoise & Plimpton
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Dechert
50
82
DLA Piper
76
95
Duane Morris
17
18
Elsberg Baker & Maruri
5
5
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (US)
70
72
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (US)
18
25
Fish & Richardson
21
33
Foley & Lardner
65
61
Foley Hoag
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Fox Rothschild
36
23
Freshfields
62
75
Fried Frank
64
59
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
144
156
Goodwin
88
60
Goulston & Storrs
5
8
Greenberg Glusker
4
5
Greenberg Traurig
70
84
Gunderson
13
17
Haynes and Boone
31
52
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Holland & Knight
57
57
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
3
12
HSF Kramer
10
14
Hunton Andrews Kurth
21
46
Irell & Manella
9
26
Jackson Walker
15
31
Jenner & Block
28
30
Jones Day
119
Undisclosed
Katten
30
46
King & Spalding
93
107
Kirkland & Ellis
466
948
Latham & Watkins
341
393
Linklaters
12
9
Mayer Brown
61
69
McDermott Will & Schulte
71
75
Milbank
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Mintz Levin
21
19
Morgan Lewis
108
118
Morrison & Foerster
51
107
Munger, Tolles & Olson
7
0
Norton Rose Fulbright
66
114
O'Melveny & Myers
56
60
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
3
Undisclosed
Paul Hastings
81
131
Paul, Weiss
150
147
Pillsbury
32
38
Polsinelli
27
42
Proskauer Rose
52
61
Reed Smith
41
41
Richards, Layton & Finger
24
15
Seward & Kissel
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Seyfarth Shaw
19
24
Sheppard Mullin
60
63
Sidley Austin
211
198
Simpson Thacher
242
265
Skadden
155
187
Sterne Kessler
7
9
Sullivan & Cromwell
131
217
Vedder Price
12
14
Venable
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Vinson & Elkins
84
134
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
White & Case
75
82
Wiley
7
10
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
111
150
WilmerHale
89
61
Wilson Sonsini
78
60
Winston Taylor
Undisclosed
Undisclosed