Careers - Summer Program
“The firm attracts intelligent, determined and creative lawyers.” – Chambers
Our firm typically invites 1-4 law students to participate in its annual summer program in Atlanta. The majority of the firm’s summer associate class comprises students who have completed their 2L year. But the firm also considers applications from exceptional law students who have completed just their 1L year. In addition, the firm is a proud member of the Leadership Council of Legal Diversity (LCLD) and invites talented 1Ls to apply to the firm’s summer associate program through that program.
We strive for our summer associates to get to know the firm and experience what it is actually like working here. We do not invent assignments or dial them down. Our summer associates complete the same kind of substantive work as our full-time associates do. For the matters in which they’re involved, we bring our summer associates up to speed on the case as a whole and are interested in their fresh perspectives. The projects our summer associates complete are substantive and typically result in written work, a strategy conversation, and/or a litigation event like a deposition or oral argument. Projects could include drafting a complaint, drafting a complete brief or a section of a larger brief, analyzing a key issue and advising the client in a team strategy session, or helping prepare for a deposition. We also invite our summer associates to see our lawyers’ work firsthand by observing trials, hearings, oral arguments, depositions, or client meetings. Whenever possible, we pair those experiences with substantive involvement leading up to them.
The summer program is designed to expose students not only to our practice but also to the city of Atlanta. To that end, we invite summer associates to participate in a variety of firm-sponsored recreational activities, including meals at the city’s best restaurants, concerts, sporting events, cultural events, and other activities. These events are also a great way to get to know the firm’s lawyers. Given our size, we strive for our summer associates to spend time with every lawyer at the firm during the summer.
Most of our summer associates choose to split their summer between us and one other firm, typically a larger one. We encourage that arrangement and believe it’s beneficial for law students—many of whom have never worked in a law firm—to observe the similarities and differences across firms. Traditionally, our summer program has gravitated towards the second half of the summer, but we are open to working with you and your other firm on scheduling.
Compensation is competitive with the top firms in Atlanta.
We will participate in June early Virtual Interview Programs for rising 2L law students at the following schools:
- University of Georgia
- Emory University
- Georgia State University
While our relatively small size prevents us from being able to visit every campus that we would wish to, we welcome direct applications.
A Note from our Hiring Partner, Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt:
Thank you for your interest in being a summer associate at Bondurant, Mixson and Elmore. We recruit top candidates from across the country who have a sincere desire to become elite litigators in a boutique setting in Atlanta, Georgia. As students, you are already aware that the recruiting timeline continues to push earlier and earlier. As a boutique firm that hires a small number of associates each year, we’ve concluded that this timeline is not beneficial to us or to the students subjected to it. Among other problems, it is unrealistic for law students to know after only one semester how they want to spend their career, and it is unfair to force students to elect between studying for finals and interviewing for a summer associate position.
Therefore, we have made the decision to conduct our hiring process for 2026 Summer Associates along the following timeline:
- May 15, 2025: We will begin accepting applications for 2026 Summer Associates. We will require a full year of 1L grades before receiving a final offer, but you may apply and then supplement your application when grades are received.
- June 2025: We will conduct preliminary interviews and in-person call backs during the month of June with a goal of extending offers by the end of the month.
We appreciate that candidates who are competitive for positions at our firm will likely receive offers at other firms before we are ready to make a decision. Even if you have accepted a position at another firm, that does not prevent you from applying to summer at BME. That’s because we allow and even encourage our summer associates to split with another firm. In fact, almost all of our summer associate split with big law firms in Atlanta or in other cities. Before you decide that you cannot ask to split your summer, we encourage you to speak with someone on our recruiting committee.
Thank you again for your interest in the firm.
Click here to apply - 2026 Summer Associate
We will soon open our job portal to accept applications from rising 2L law students to join us in our 2026 Summer Program. We will review applications on a rolling basis and we may close the posting early, but we will not extend final offers until second semester grades have been received. The current deadline to apply is July 31, 2025, and we will update this website if our deadline changes.
Applications should be addressed to our Recruiting Coordinator, Elizabeth Ann Miller. Required application materials include:
- Cover letter highlighting your qualifications and letting us know why you are interested in BME
- Current resume
- Law school transcript
- A relevant legal writing sample
- Optional: a personal or diversity statement
Please send all documents as individual PDFs.
NOTE: While we hire most of our associates through our summer program, from time to time, we have the ability to hire a candidate coming off of a clerkship who did not participate in our summer program. Those candidates should email the same materials to Ms. Miller as soon as you are able, and please indicate in the cover letter when you would be seeking to start.