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Contact Lindsey Hastings, Director of Attorney Recruiting
Williams Mullen is looking for talented, hardworking, service-focused law students from across the country to join our class of summer associates.
Williams Mullen hosts its Summer Associate Program in offices throughout our footprint. Our Summer Associates consist of 2Ls along with our 1L Fellows. Students participating in this program will experience life much like a first-year associate. You’ll rotate through several practice areas throughout the summer. You’ll receive challenging assignments and participate in knowledge and skills development programs. You’ll get to know leadership, our attorneys and professional staff through attending social events. You’ll get to know our firm culture and how we are finding yes for our clients and each other.
Through supervising attorneys, you receive in-depth feedback. You’ll work with an associate mentor, a partner mentor and a supervising attorney paired with you based on personal and professional interests. Summer associates have an option to spend six or nine weeks with us. Upon successful completion of the Summer Associate Program, you will be considered for first-year associate positions in those offices.
At Williams Mullen we understand that a team with varied perspectives and life experiences makes us better at what we do - serving our clients and our communities. We are committed to employing a skilled workforce that is inclusive of race, sex, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, nationality, age, disability, marital and parental status and veteran status.
Williams Mullen will award two 1L law students with a paid 9-week position in Williams Mullen’s 2025 Summer Associate Program in our following offices: Richmond, VA and Raleigh, NC.


“The summer program allowed me to build lasting mentor relationships and complete meaningful, substantive assignments.”
— Gaby Brill, Associate (former Summer Associate)
"One of the best parts of summering at Williams Mullen is the firm’s strong, genuine connection to its communities. The number of attorneys who serve on boards and support non-profits shows how deeply that commitment runs."
— Jami-Reese Robertson, Associate (former Summer Associate)