K&L Gates created the Power of Partnership Program in 2018 to offer outstanding learning experiences for law students while also increasing engagement with our clients. This program offers 1L students who self-identify as diverse the unique opportunity to work for part of the summer in a K&L Gates office as a summer associate and part of the summer in-house with the legal team of a corporate client of the firm. The program has grown in size each year, from one participant in 2018 to 11 participants in 2022.
In 2022, our Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. offices hosted at least one Power of Partnership 1L. We partnered with clients across a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, higher education, pharmaceuticals, and health care.
In addition to a paid 1L summer associate position, our Power of Partnership Program participant will be eligible to receive an academic bonus of up to US$25,000.
Applications will be open on our careers page in late October 2022. We will begin to review applications on a rolling basis after 1 December 2022, and the application period will close on 31 January 2023.