All US offices will be hosting a 10-week summer program: Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, NorCal, Salt Lake City and Washington DC.

We begin accepting resumes from 2L students in the spring. First-year law students are encouraged to check our website for 1L application guidelines and attend 1L events to get to know our lawyers better. Please check out our website and your career services office for available openings and how to apply. Please only apply once to the office of your choice.

You should expect to meet about four lawyers (a mix of partners, counsel and associates). The hiring committee meets often during the callback season and extends offers on a rolling basis.

Our summer program typically runs 10 weeks and typically starts in late May. Our summer 2025 program will start on May 19 and wrap up on July 25.

Summer associate compensation is based on the annualized salary of a first-year associate, which is currently $225,000.

All US offices provide each summer associate with a group of mentors. Mentors   check in with the summer associate  and offer guidance and support for the entirety of the 10-week program.

Summer Associates receive work assignments from a work allocation database system and directly from lawyers during the summer program. .

Summer Associates have the ability to sample and complete work assignments from the practice areas they’ve expressed the most interest during the recruitment process and from a variety of practice groups in their office.

Yes. The firm strongly encourages summer associates to get involved with pro bono projects throughout the summer and work closely with our pro bono team for assignments. to get assignments for all.

Our summer program typically offers two formal evaluation periods, one in mid-summer and one at the end of summer program. 

We encourage all of our summer associates to meet as many lawyers as possible over the course of the summer. To help with that, we plan a variety of fun and interactive social events, including events that are hosted by practice groups and affinity groups. Your mentors will also be facilitating introductions throughout the summer so that you can meet attorneys in practice areas you are interested in.

The firm hosts a summer program academy to bring together all US summer associates from our offices for a few days of training and networking. social events are held to give summer associates , opportunities to get to know one another and meet additional lawyers. 

At Mayer Brown we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers every member of our team the opportunity and support to succeed. We share with our clients the belief that teams with diverse viewpoints and perspectives produce more innovative and robust solutions. We recruit the highest-caliber people, who bring their unique and varied talents, experiences and insights, enriching our workplace and our ability to exceed expectations.

To learn more about the firm’s diversity initiatives, please visit www.mayerbrown.com/diversity/.

Yes. The firm has a  2L diversity scholars program offering 2L diversity scholarships to eligible law students. You will need to apply to our Summer Associate Program and submit a separate application to the Diversity Scholars Program to be considered. More information will be posted in May 2025.

We will be hiring 1Ls for our 2025 summer associate program. summer 2025.  1L students can directly apply on our website. Hiring is on a rolling basis until our hiring needs are met.

Intern compensation is based on your school year, so there isn’t a standard amount. Annual salaries range from R$18.000 to R$31.200,00

Our interns start in February or August..

According to the Brazilian Legislation, students are welcome to stay with us until they complete 2 years of internship contract, or until they graduate, whatever occurs first. If the supervising partner recognizes potential in a student, they will be invited to continue with us for as long as the partner offers.

Our interns are generally allocated to one practice area, considering their main interest.

Yes, we advise that you attend our program events. These events, both formal and informal, are a great chance for you to get to know our people, practice areas and clients, as well as the other interns.

We are a global law firm with a ‘one-firm’ culture. With a powerful transatlantic and transpacific platform, our practices operate on a global basis, enabling us to respond to our clients’ unique needs and opportunities.

We have a robust training and professional development curriculum that covers legal and non-legal skills for all levels of lawyers. This curriculum includes training on business development, networking and marketing, leadership and business acumen.

Every junior lawyer here is assigned a mentor when they join. Your mentor provides guidance and support that is critical in the early stages of your career. Furthermore, you will develop a number of informal mentors over time as you work and interact with other lawyers.

Traditional business attire is expected in the Brazil offices at all times.

You can access the application form via www.apply4law.com/mayerbrown/

Applications for our Training Contracts, Vacation Schemes, and Open Days all open on 1 September 2024.  Applications to our Solicitor Apprenticeship open on 1 January 2025.

Our Vacation Scheme is open to penultimate-year law, final-year law and final-year non-law undergraduates, and graduates. For more information please see the ‘Vacation Scheme’ section on this website.

Yes, we welcome applications from candidates with degrees from all disciplines.

It doesn’t matter which university you go to; we value diversity and operate a blind CV policy to avoid any unconscious bias during the process.

We take all relevant information into consideration and look at your application as a whole. We do not have a minimum A-level requirement for our Training Contracts and Vacation Schemes, and if you didn’t reach the minimum requirement for a 2:1 in your degree or equivalent, we ask that you provide any mitigating circumstances surrounding this in the relevant part of the application form.

We would strongly encourage you to apply and detail the support you may need on the relevant part of the application form. We also ask that you contact our graduate recruitment team at grecruitment@mayerbrown.com to discuss the support you require further. It is important we can ensure appropriate reasonable adjustments are made when necessary during the recruitment process.

Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automatic generated response to confirm we have received it. We aim to communicate decisions as soon as possible.

Our Vacation Schemes run for 2 weeks. The dates for our 2024 Spring and Summer Vacation Schemes are as follows:

Spring: 31 March to 11 April 2025

Summer: 9 to 20 June 2025

If you are in your penultimate year of a law degree, you should submit your application after you have received your second-year law results. Non-law undergraduates should submit an application in the final year of their degree. All other graduates can submit their application at any point in the recruitment cycle. All applications open on 1 September each year. However, we recommend that you apply for a Vacation Scheme rather than directly for a Training Contract; the vast majority of our Training Contracts each year are offered to high-performing participants on our Vacation Schemes so that is the most effective way to secure a Training Contract with us.

The deadline for our vacation schemes is 16 December 2024. Applications to our training contract close on 31 March 2025. This year, the deadline for our open days is 16 October 2024. Finally, apply to our solicitor apprenticeship before 31 March 2025.

We review all applications on a rolling basis.

Once you’ve accepted a training contract with us, we’ll pay your course fees for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and the Law Foundations Course (PGDL) during the year of study. We also provide a maintenance grant of £20,000 for the SQE and £12,500 for the PGDL.

Note: All those who have accepted a training contract with us before starting the PGDL/SQE must complete it at BPP Law School in London.

Yes, trainees are given the opportunity to complete a secondment during their Training Contract. A secondment could take you to one of our international offices. If you don’t want to stray too far, we also have client secondments in London too.

We offer a range of benefits including an on-site GP and counsellor, 25 days’ annual leave, subsidised canteen and gym membership, access to life insurance and automatic enrolment to the firm’s Contributory Pension Plan.

Between 1 January - 31 March 2025, we will be accepting applications for our Solicitor Apprenticeship program starting in September 2025. For further information on this apprenticeship program, please see the Solicitor Apprenticeship section under our programs on this website.

Yes, our open days are open to students and graduates of any degree discipline and at any stage of their education or career. Our next open days are taking place on Wednesday 23 October and Tuesday 19 November. Applications open 1 September and close on 6 October 2024. You can register to attend on our website www.apply4law.com/mayerbrown/.

You can contact the graduate recruitment team via email at grecruitment@mayerbrown.com and we endeavour to respond to your query within 5-10 working days.