Law Students

The application period for our 2027 2L summer associates is now open. Apply here! 

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026.

Our eight-week summer program provides law students with a representative sampling of our firm’s diverse practice areas and a chance to experience what it means to be a BBK attorney. Summer associates are given real work assignments that provide the opportunity to sharpen research and writing skills, solve problems for clients, learn from mentors and peers, and develop a greater understanding of how legal work can shape and impact our communities.

Our summer program will provide exposure to:

• Diverse Practice Areas: Gain insight into our environmental and natural resources, labor and employment, business transactions, public finance, telecommunications, real estate, transportation and public infrastructure practices and the unique intersection of these issues and others facing our municipal, special district, and private sector clients.
• Professional Development Trainings: Participate in sessions focused on best writing practices, effective and efficient legal research techniques, law firm finances, fostering culture and community, cultivating professionalism, partnership advancement and marketing.
• Engaging Client Opportunities: Attend city council and public agency meetings, court hearings, site visits, board meetings, mediations, and depositions alongside BBK attorneys.
• Connection and Firm Culture: Get to know our attorneys and firm culture during social events such as cooking classes, trivia nights, community service activities, recreational outings, art classes, and sporting events.

Individualized Experience & Feedback

• Mentorship: Every summer associate is matched with two dedicated mentors to assist with integration into the firm’s practices, answer questions, and help make connections.
• Diverse Work Experience: Our open work assignment system provides exposure to our various practice areas and allows summer associates to work with different attorneys across the firm’s office locations and practice groups.
• Constructive Feedback & Mid-Summer Review: Receive insight on work product and professional development throughout the summer and at an individualized, in-depth mid-summer review.
• Build Toward a Fulfilling Career: Opportunity to rank interest in BBK practice areas at both the start and conclusion of the summer program to ensure firm placement aligns with summer associate preference.

Best Best & Krieger LLP is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, promoting, and retaining attorneys and staff from a wide range of backgrounds. The value for our clients comes from the melding of differing experiences, cultures, talents, viewpoints, and styles to drive creative and innovative solutions. This range of perspectives allows us to approach complex legal issues in a way that provides the best outcome for our clients.

With these goals in mind, BBK is pleased to offer our First Year Law Student Fellowship/Scholarship Program. This Program will provide the recipient with a paid summer associate position in one of our participating offices: Irvine, Los Angeles, Ontario, Riverside, and San Diego. To qualify for the $10,000 scholarship, the recipient must be invited by BBK to return the following summer, and the recipient must return for the following summer. The $10,000 scholarship will be paid following completion of the student’s second summer with the firm.

Description. The BBK First Year Law Student Fellowship/Scholarship Program is open to all first year law students enrolled and in good standing at an ABA accredited law school. Students who demonstrate the potential to become an outstanding attorney at BBK are invited to apply. The successful candidate will be selected based on academic, personal, and professional achievement.

Consistent with BBK’s long‑standing service to public agencies and communities, this Program emphasizes a commitment to public service and an interest in public agency law. Fellows will gain hands‑on experience collaborating with attorneys who represent cities, counties, special districts and other public entities on issues that directly impact the public.

The 2026 1L application is closed; the 2027 1L application will be open December 2026.

Best Best & Krieger LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.