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Resident Attorney Program
We invest in talent across all backgrounds.
Program Overview
Through our Resident Attorney program, we provide an opportunity for candidates with less traditional backgrounds to develop their legal skills by gaining meaningful work experience at NP. Resident attorneys complete a 12-month apprenticeship with a heavy emphasis on training, education, and mentorship. After their first year in the program, resident attorneys may choose to renew their participation for another 6 months to a year, join our attorney ranks, or pursue other opportunities outside of NP.
Since the program’s inception, nearly all of our resident attorneys have joined NP in a number of practice areas, including Public Finance and Project Finance, Private Clients, Healthcare, and Corporate. Resident Attorney program participants are among our highest-performing colleagues.
Key benefits
Resident attorneys have the opportunity to:
- Pursue a 12-month apprenticeship in BigLaw, with an option to renew
- Gain valuable knowledge and hands-on experience in an assigned practice group
- Learn from a dedicated mentor and engage in one-on-one training
- Shadow more senior attorneys
- Forge connections and collaborate with colleagues across our different offices and practice areas
In Their Words
Hear from former program participants.
Meredith LaMaster—Healthcare associate, former resident attorney
"The resident attorney program is an excellent opportunity, particularly for recent law school graduates. With its lower hours requirement, the program allows you more time to adjust into your new role as an attorney while still providing a viable path to the associate-level and beyond. Our practice group leaders do a phenomenal job of ensuring that resident attorneys have the same access to quality work assignments and they willingly provide progression opportunities when the attorney is ready to take the next step in their career.“
David Song—Project Finance and Public Finance associate, former resident attorney
"I saw the program as a great opportunity for new attorneys to find their footing in a big law firm. I attended law school in the evenings while working full-time and so summering at a law firm wasn’t an option for me. By extension, starting a new legal career in big law seemed out of reach, but that’s where the resident attorney program bridged the gap. After several calls with attorneys at the firm, I saw the resident attorney role as an investment both on my part and on the firm’s part in my future success. The hands-on training, the workload, and overall support from the firm and the Public Finance group leaves no doubt that I had made the right decision.”
Samantha Owens—Private Clients department attorney, former resident attorney
“I was five years out of law school, and there was no clear entry point for someone who did not immediately go into the practice of law. But Nixon Peabody was and remains a firm that is flexible and innovative in its thinking with respect to finding good talent. After working in NP’s Business Development department, I eventually joined the Private Clients group as a resident attorney and a year later as a department attorney. Had the Resident Attorney program not existed, I do not know that an opportunity to practice law would have presented itself to me.”
Achievements & Recognitions
Chambers USA/2022
64 Nixon Peabody attorneys and 24 practices have been named leaders in their field by Chambers and Partners
U.S. News— Best Lawyers® Public Finance “Law Firm of the Year”
Nixon Peabody named 2021 “Law Firm of the Year” in the area of Public Finance Law by U.S. News—Best Lawyers®
100% rating on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Industry Index
Nixon Peabody has earned the highest rating (100%) every year since 2006 on LGBTQ+ equality in corporate America—a testament to our enduring commitment and willingness to take action.
Mansfield Certification Plus, fourth consecutive year
Diversity Lab has recognized Nixon Peabody with its highest rating for achieving over 30% gender and racial/ethnic diversity in a majority of firm leadership roles.
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