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Haynes and Boone, LLP logo C32 M100 Y86 K48 size: 2.5”(width) Summer Associate Program Haynes and Boone, LLP Learning. Sharing. Connecting. ABOUT OUR FIRM haynesboone.com MAJOR LEGAL 575 + 18 40 PRACTICE AREAS LAWYERS OFFICES A MESSAGE FROM THE FIRMWIDE Chambers Global 2020 Chambers USA 2020 Chambers Latin 5 practice groups — Franchise and America’s Leading America 2020 ENTRY-LEVEL HIRING PARTNER, POLLY FOHN Distribution in the Global-wide category, Lawyers 2019 3 practice groups Corporate/M&A in Latin America-wide 18 practice groups — Corporate/M&A, and Mexico-wide category, Energy Energy and Natural 55 lawyers and Natural Resources in Mexico-wide Resources, and Real I walked into Haynes and Boone’s oces for the first time more than 12 category, and Bankruptcy and Business Estate years ago as a summer associate. I had one suit and large student loans, Restructuring in USA ranking Chambers UK 2020 4 lawyers but I also brought a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn. I found 7 lawyers in 3 regions a culture of teamwork and camaraderie that allowed me to thrive. 3 lawyers recognized in Shipping AmLaw 100 As I proved myself capable, I quickly gained responsibility—crafting legal BTI Consulting Group Strong financial performance strategy, arguing in court, and laying a solid foundation for business BTI Client Service A-Team Survey, 2020 Legal 500 UK Haynes and Boone ranked development. My colleagues at Haynes and Boone supported me every named Haynes and Boone to BTI’s “Client No. 89 in AmLaw 100, 2020 RANKED step of the way as mentors and champions. Service Honor Roll” in all 17 categories American Lawyer magazine’s PRACTICES annual list of the top-grossing BTI Power Rankings, 2019 Haynes law firms. As firm-wide, entry-level hiring partner, I now have the honor of overseeing and Boone ranked among the most Shipping (London) a diverse and talented pipeline of law students from around the country. recommended firms by general counsel Oil and Gas (London) If you are looking for a collaborative community with meaningful International Arbitration (London) opportunities for professional growth, please take a look at the programs outlined in this brochure. We would love for you to apply. Best, UNITED STATES Polly Fohn CALIFORNIA Orange County, Palo Alto, San Francisco COLORADO Denver ILLINOIS UNITED KINGDOM MEXICO Chicago CHINA NEW YORK LONDON MEXICO CITY New York NORTH CAROLINA SHANGHAI Charlotte TEXAS Austin, Dallas, Dallas-North, Fort Worth, Houston, , San Antonio, The Woodlands WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 3 The Dallas Fast Track Program is a one-week TRADITIONAL 1L/2L SUMMER DALLAS clerkship that is an ideal complement to other summer plans and provides the opportunity to familiarize candidates with the Dallas legal ASSOCIATE PROGRAMS FAST TRACK market, our practice groups, and our lawyers. 1L PROGRAM Saturday, July 24 - Friday, July 30, 2021 The 1L Program oers a nine- to ten-week Participating Oce: Dallas clerkship (varies by city) that oers the “Haynes and Boone’s opportunity to gain hands-on experience summer associate program is designed to give law in the daily life of a Haynes and Boone students a sense of the attorney. Summer Associates attend day-to-day at the firm. As a summer associate, I got meetings, depositions, court hearings, “It can be dicult during 20-minute OCI interviews MATTHEW COSTELLO hands-on experience with 2012 Summer Associate and more to gain experience as a lawyer diverse projects and was (or even during a full day call-back visit) to Orange County at Haynes and Boone. They are paired assigned a firm mentor who understand what life is actually like at any given law guided me through the firm. Fast Track provides a unique opportunity for with supervising partners and associate program. For me, choosing a firm at which to start my career students to fully immerse themselves into Haynes and mentors that will work with them every was a no-brainer; Haynes and Boone really made me feel like I BRENT BECKERT Boone for an extended period of time, giving them an belonged and that they wanted me to succeed.” 2012 Fast Tracker day throughout the summer, and they will opportunity to better understand the people, work, Dallas gain substantive skills and legal insight by culture, and surrounding city that makes this place a attending regular practice group meetings great environment to work and thrive.” where legal training is provided. “The summer associate program provided the opportunity to learn first- hand what life is like as “With no lawyers in my family, and having never Monday, May 17, 2021 an associate at Haynes been to Dallas, Fast Track ended up being the most and Boone. It was a great important part of my law school recruiting process. Participating Oces: Dallas, ELLEN CONLEY experience getting to know 2014 Summer Associate Houston, New York, Orange County, partners and associates The whole experience was very transparent, and it Houston Washington, D.C. not only through fun and allowed me the opportunity to speak with numerous creative social events, but COURTNEY attorneys across a wide variety of practice areas, and CHOUINARD also around the oce working on substantive assignments. It get their candid thoughts about their work, practicing has been four years since my summer associate experience, 2013 Fast Tracker big law in Dallas, and managing a work-life balance. and the culture and camaraderie at the firm remains the same!” Dallas No four-hour callback interview could ever provide as much insight into a firm as Fast Track does for law students.” “The 1L summer associate program at Haynes and Boone gave me a comprehensive view of the “When starting law school, I was interested but was people at the firm and what unfamiliar with the Texas market. Fast Track gave my experience might be like me the perfect chance to learn about the firm and to ANGEL RENDON as a first-year associate. I 2020 Summer Associate got substantive work from explore the Dallas area. Also, the program allowed me New York attorneys and I was made to meet with a wide range of people from all dierent to feel like my contributions DANIEL WEI backgrounds and practice areas. Words can only 2017 Fast Tracker mattered. The program also had fun social activities that convey so much and at a certain point, many firms allowed me to get to know other summers, associates, and Dallas start to look the same to students on paper. Fast Track partners at HB. The Management Presentation week in Dallas was also a special highlight – I was able to recognize how provides 1Ls with the rare opportunity to have a glimpse well the firm’s oces around the country and the world come into what the daily life is like at the firm and the true together to form a whole. That sense of community and the culture of Haynes and Boone. Fast Track is truly an people that make it up is what brought me back for my 2L opportunity like none other and was instrumental in my summer. decision to join the firm.” 4 5 IP PROGRAM 1L DIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM The IP Program oers a nine- to ten-week clerkship in our various intellectual property “From day one as a Summer Associate, I felt welcomed practice groups. This program is for The Haynes and Boone 1L Diversity Scholars Program has Monday, May 17, 2021 into both the IP group and candidates with an academic background the firm. Over the course been established to attract outstanding diverse students to Participating Oces: Dallas, or relevant work experience in engineering, of the summer program, I the private practice of law while helping these students be Dallas-North, Houston, New York, had the opportunity to work successful in law school through both work and mentorship Orange County, Palo Alto, computer science, or physics. MATT BECK alongside some of the most 2020 IP Summer Associate well-respected attorneys in experiences aorded by the program. Our Scholars Program San Antonio, San Francisco, Students with an IP focus applying to join Washington, D.C. the field and for some of the includes a paid 1L Summer Clerkship with Haynes and Boone Washington, D.C. Haynes and Boone’s 2021 Summer Program industry’s biggest clients. and a $7,500 stipend during the school year. Haynes and will be hired specifically for the firms IP I saw how the IP team collaborates seamlessly between oces— anytime I had a question, there were attorneys from across the Boone is committed to recruiting, retaining, and advancing transactional- or litigation-based clerkships. country ready to provide advice and mentorship. The summer diverse lawyers and our Scholars Program is one of the program left me with the certainty of what I want to do and who To apply, please include a copy of your I want to work beside: the attorneys at Haynes and Boone.” many initiatives we have implemented to contribute toward resume, undergraduate and law school enhancing the diversity of our firm and profession. transcripts (when available), and cover letter in the online application. “The summer associate program was a window into the genuine workplace at Monday, May 17, 2021 Haynes and Boone. When it “As a 1L Diversity Scholar, I spent my summer at Haynes and Boone in the Participating Oces: Dallas, Dallas-North, comes to firm culture, few Dallas-North oce. I believe the summer clerkship has a dual function walk the walk like Haynes Houston, New York, Orange County, LIN YANG and Boone to welcome of introducing law students to the work and the people of the firm.