{"id":38333,"date":"2025-10-20T10:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=38333"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:20:47","slug":"1ls-summer-associate-positions-in-memphis-nashville-or-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/1ls-summer-associate-positions-in-memphis-nashville-or-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"1Ls: Summer Associate Positions in Memphis, Nashville, or DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\"><a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bass-berry-&amp;-sims\/life\" target=\"_self\"><b><strong class=\"x1s688f\">Bass, Berry &amp; Sims<\/strong><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">Don&#8217;t miss our three 2026 1L Summer opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl xtaz4m5\">\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"1\">Summer Associate Program (DC, Memphis, Nashville)<\/li>\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"2\">Inclusion &amp; Engagement Fellowship (DC, Memphis, Nashville)<\/li>\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"3\">Partnership Program with Bridgestone Americas (Nashville only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">Find more details and apply on <a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/florecruit.com\/v2\/app\/bassberry\/jobs?positions=1806%3Dt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\"><b><strong class=\"x1s688f\">Our Summer Program.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">Our Summer Associate program is designed to provide law students with a realistic picture of life as an associate and to assess a candidate\u2019s ability to contribute to our firm. Summer associates have the opportunity to participate in the life of the firm, including contributions to pro bono work and engagement with our diversity and inclusion program and affinity groups. The relationships you build and the challenging opportunities you discover over the summer will continue when you begin a legal career with us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">Our Memphis, Nashville and Washington, DC offices will sponsor a ten-week summer associate program for 1Ls in 2026, scheduled to run from May 18, 2026 through July 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\"><b><strong class=\"x1s688f\">Join us.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">Bass, Berry &amp; Sims seeks law students who demonstrate high academic achievement, participate in law school and extracurricular activities, and with a demonstrated interest in community involvement to experience our dynamic and well-rounded summer associate program. The successful candidate will have enthusiasm for a team-oriented environment and a client-centric approach to their practice. Our program balances work opportunities across practice groups with mentorship and training opportunities and aims to develop our summer associates into our next class of attorneys. We prioritize recruiting law students from diverse and unique backgrounds and personal circumstances while also considering academic and professional achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\">To be considered for this position, please submit an online application HERE. Applications must include the following:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl xtaz4m5\">\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"1\">Cover Letter<\/li>\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"2\">Resume<\/li>\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"3\">Undergraduate Transcript &#8211; <i><em class=\"x1k4tb9n\">unofficial copy will be accepted<\/em><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"xzsf02u x1jchvi3 x1xmf6yo x1dqj196 x1e56ztr xvc51xn xhl9i11\" value=\"4\"><i><em class=\"x1k4tb9n\">Once 1L fall grades are released, please upload your law school transcript.<\/em><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x16tdsg8\"><a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/florecruit.com\/v2\/app\/bassberry\/jobs?positions=1806%3Dt\">https:\/\/florecruit.com\/v2\/app\/bassberry\/jobs?positions=1806%3Dt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bass, Berry &amp; Sims Don&#8217;t miss our three 2026 1L Summer opportunities: Summer Associate Program (DC, Memphis, Nashville) Inclusion &amp; Engagement&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38337,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38333\/revisions\/38337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}