As a law firm of more than 900 professionals, Venable delivers legal services globally in every area of regulatory compliance, government affairs, corporate and business transactions, intellectual property, and complex litigation.
Cultivated over 120 years, we foster a diverse culture that helps us attract, retain, and elevate the most talented professionals in the country. Whether you are a law student looking for a summer position or an entry-level associate looking for a place to begin your legal career, we invite you to take a closer look at Venable.
With offices in fourteen key legal markets, Venable has enjoyed a long history of steady growth, quality service, and sound management. Our strategic footprint ensures that the right attorneys and policy advisors are where they need to be in order to have the biggest impact on our clients' businesses. Many of our professionals are former regulators, senior government staffers, state attorney generals, and members of Congress—bringing an invaluable depth of experience to our firm.
OPPORTUNITIES
Summer Program. Venable provides summer associates with challenging and rewarding work in a collaborative and professional environment. We hold summer associate programs in eight of our offices: Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Tysons, and Washington, DC. Our summer program is designed to give summer associates a realistic depiction of what life is like as a junior associate. Orientation begins with a firmwide multiday gathering in our Washington, DC office including our entire summer class, firm leaders, and external faculty. Programming throughout the summer includes a broad selection of professional development training workshops, one-to-one mentoring from our exceptional lawyers, and opportunities to join practice-specific meetings and trainings. Beyond the benefits of training and mentoring, our program strives to promote a balance between meaningful work and engaging social events. Find detailed information about our summer program here.
Judicial Clerks. We value the experience and knowledge that former judicial clerks contribute to our practice. We actively recruit judicial clerks to join our team and offer competitive bonuses and credit for years spent clerking.
Learn more about all of the firm’s opportunities here.
SAN FRANCISCO
Venable's San Francisco office is home to skilled attorneys handling litigation, transactions, intellectual property, real estate, regulatory, and private wealth planning legal matters for clients with interests in the Bay Area. Our office serves regional and international clients across a number of industries including consumer product goods, healthcare, financial services, information technology, and real estate. Whether our clients are crafting a new business model, raising capital, contracting for new business, licensing technology, or responding to new regulation or legislation, our San Francisco-based attorneys can provide practical and actionable answers needed to succeed.
Moreover, capitalizing on our strong Chambers nationally ranked regulatory and legislative practices, Venable brings an in-depth understanding of the federal government to Bay Area clients experiencing increased scrutiny in Washington, DC. Our privacy and advocacy practice has played and continues to play a major role in the development of internet law and policy and our advertising and marketing practice is at the forefront of shaping legislation, regulation and policies that govern advertising and marketing.
