Summer Program

Each year BB&K participates in the Fall On-Campus Recruiting Program at a number of regional schools looking for second year students for its upcoming summer program. We currently visit ten California law schools: Boalt, Davis, Hastings, McGeorge, Loyola, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, UCLA, USC, and USD, as well as two out-of-state law schools, BYU and Utah.  The firm also participates in three off-campus recruitment programs and one job fair.  Applications from students attending other law schools are also considered each Fall.    

Callback applicants are invited to interview at our weekend interviewing session, which includes an evening dinner with members of the recruitment committee and their spouses, followed by a full day of interviewing at the firm. Our unique interviewing process gives both the students and the members of the firm an ample amount of time to evaluate one another to make sure the fit is a good one for both.    

Our summer program is designed to give law students both a representative sampling of our firm's diverse practice and the opportunity to get to know the attorneys in our firm. We consider legal research and writing to be an important part of our summer program, but we also emphasize the inclusion of summer associates in such activities as client meetings, courtroom practice, public agency hearings and city council meetings. Another aim of our summer program is to acquaint summer associates with the cultural and recreational activities available in the general area. The firm hosts a variety of both formal and informal social events throughout the summer that provide participants with the opportunity to get to know our lawyers and their families. 

BB&K has been successful in utilizing its summer program as our primary source fornew associates.  Each summer associate is paired with a mentor who meets regularly with the summer associate regarding his or her progress adn provides constructive feedback on individual assignments.  Work assignments are coordinated to ensure that work is evenly distributed and that summer associates work with as many attorneys as possible on a variety of matters.   

We look forward to the opportunity to meet with highly-qualified students who are interested in discussing employment prospects.  If you are unable to meet with our campus representative during the Fall on-campus interview season, please forward your resume to:

Patricia Benter
Director of Professional Recruitment
Best Best & Krieger LLP
3750 University Avenue, Suite 400
P.O. Box 1028
Riverside, CA  92502
FAX:  951-686-3083

2008 SUMMER ASSOCIATES

Rachel Anderson
(Davis '09)

Beverly Bradshaw
(UCLA '09)

Chris Gaspard
(Pepperdine Dec '08)

Amy Gawkowski
(Notre Dame '09)

Benjamin Kearns
(BYU '09)

Jonathan Lamb
(Pepperdine '09)

Steven Martin
(Pepperdine '09)

Bentley Mitchell
(Utah '09)

Hongdao Nguyen
(Loyola '09)

Whitney O’Reilly
(BYU '09)

Cari Valenstein
(USC '09)