The EFLL Summer Fellowship
See the case up close.
A paid summer for 1L and 2L law students who came to law school to represent workers. Real cases from your first week, at our Corporate Headquarters in Pasadena.
An annual cohort of Fellows.
One team.
Every case on the workers’ side.
- Who
- 1L and 2L law students from any law school
- Where
- In person at our Corporate Headquarters in Pasadena
- Cohort
- A cohort of Fellows each summer
- After the summer
- Strong Fellows can be considered for a post-bar or associate role
Two paths. Take the one you came to law school for.
Big Law summer programs are a good fit for some students. If you came to law school to fight for workers, this path puts you on real cases sooner, closer to the client, with an attorney reading every draft.
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Big Law: Mostly corporations and institutions, including employers defending workplace claims.
Who you represent
Workers, and only workers. Employees with workplace claims and injured workers seeking compensation.
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Big Law: Research and writing on pieces of large matters, often rotating between practice groups.
The work you do
Drafting on active cases from your first week: demand letters, discovery, research memos, and motion sections.
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Big Law: Exposure varies. Summer associates usually observe from within large case teams.
In the room
Sit in on depositions, mediations, and hearings, and join calls with the clients you are fighting for.
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Big Law: Large teams, with the partner on a matter often several layers away.
Your team
Small case teams. You work directly with the attorney handling the case.
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Big Law: Formal midsummer and end-of-summer reviews.
Feedback
A named supervising attorney and written redlines on your drafts, all summer long.
Where this path leads
Next stop: an associate role at EFLL.
Strong Fellows can be considered for one, and our high‑performing associates can out‑earn their Big Law counterparts.
Your summer, up close
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You draft on live cases
Demand letters, discovery, research memos, and motion sections on cases that are moving right now. Your work goes into the file, not a practice folder.
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You are in the room
Sit in on depositions, mediations, and hearings, and join client calls. You see how a case is actually won.
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Someone reads every draft
A named supervising attorney and written redlines on your drafts, all summer long. You leave a
goodbetter writer than you arrived.
The people we fight for
You came to law school to help people. Spend your summer doing it.
Corporations count on the people they wrong having no one in their corner. This summer, you’re in their corner.
- Farmworkers
- Warehouse workers
- Nurses
- Builders
- Line cooks
- Drivers
- Custodians
- Security officers
Who the Fellowship is for
You came to law school to make the case to a jury. Spend your summer learning how it’s built.
You came to law school to research, write, and persuade. Spend your summer doing all three.
You came to law school to hold employers accountable at scale. Spend your summer doing it.
Every right a worker has was won by someone willing to fight for it. This summer, that’s you.
Where we practice
Seven offices across California
Headquartered in Pasadena, with offices from Orange County to the Central Valley.
Corporate Headquarters
Pasadena
1 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 200
Pasadena, California
Home of the Summer Fellowship
Regional offices
- Irvine, Orange County
- Long Beach, Los Angeles County
- Pomona, Los Angeles County
- Riverside, Riverside County
- Bakersfield, Kern County
- Fresno, Fresno County
Your next step
Apply for the Fellowship
Open to 1L and 2L students at any law school.
- Where
- In person at our Corporate Headquarters, 1 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 200, Pasadena
- Position
- Summer Fellowship, under Position Applying For
Not a law student? See our available roles
Fellowship application
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