Summer Law Clerk

Kaplan Kirsch LLP•San Francisco, CA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Kaplan Kirsch is seeking highly motivated and creative law students for a full-time Summer 2027 Law Clerk position. The firm is a fast-growing, collegial, collaborative national law firm focused on regulatory and project-oriented work. Founded in 2003 as an alternative to traditional law-firm practice, Kaplan Kirsch is a private firm with significant public-entity and public-interest work. Its clients include states, local governments, Native American Tribes, airport authorities, transit agencies, renewable energy companies, and nonprofit organizations. The firm works on matters involving essential public assets and infrastructure, including airports, rail systems, and energy infrastructure, as well as environmental regulatory, permitting, enforcement, conservation, and litigation matters. Summer Law Clerks receive real-world experience, substantial responsibility, and mentorship from attorneys at every level. They are key members of the firm and contribute substantive legal work on matters across the country and across the firm’s practice areas. The program aims to expose clerks to a wide range of disciplines while providing valuable experience, training, and insight into the legal profession. The position is available in the firm’s Denver, San Francisco, or New York office. Clerks are expected to work 40 hours per week and will be paid $50 per hour. The firm can generally accommodate requests for academic credit.

Requirements

Be a law student.
Be highly motivated and creative.
Work 40 hours per week during the summer program.

Nice To Haves

An interest in a public-interest career and openness to exploring opportunities outside the public sector.

Responsibilities

Engage in substantive legal work on matters across the country and across the firm’s practice areas.
Work on matters involving the firm’s regulatory, projects, environmental, permitting, enforcement, conservation, and litigation practices.
Participate in a program designed to provide experience, training, and insight into the legal profession.