Summer Associate

Kennedys, a global law firm, seeks motivated Summer Associates to join our Inaugural 2026 Summer Program. Kennedys is a rapidly growing firm with twelve offices in the US, focusing on insurance coverage, general liability, professional liability, directors and officers liability, maritime and cyber/data privacy.

This is an 8-week program designed to provide law students with hands-on experiences, including research/writing/drafting, attending client meetings, handling discovery, and shadowing opportunities. The Summer Program will allow students to get a true picture of what it would be like to be an Associate with Kennedys. The ideal candidate has an interest and/or experience in insurance. We are recruiting ambitious, enthusiastic rising 3L students, who are fully dedicated to client service and enjoy working in a collegial, inclusive culture.

Ideal candidates will be team players and highly responsive to both colleagues and clients, with the ability to adapt their style as required. The Summer Associates will have the opportunity to learn from partners in our collaborative and supportive environment. Summer Associate can be based out of any of our US locations. 

The Kennedys Summer Program will be educational, immersive, and fun!

Required experience

• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Top academic performance.
• Experience and/or interest in insurance.
• Strong interest in community leadership and diversity.
• Previous or current judicial clerkship or paralegal experience, a huge plus!

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 48 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.  A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.  We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.  We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work.  Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.