Law Students
LateralsThompson & Knight is ranked as the #5 Summer Associate program in Houston by The American Lawyer! Our Houston office summer program offers many opportunities for social interaction among Summer Associates and attorneys. We opened our Houston office in 1991, and it has since grown to more than 100 lawyers today.
In addition to working on substantive and meaningful projects with both Partners and Associates, Summer Associates receive formal training and evaluation programs, laptop computers, window offices, paid parking, and paperless timesheets and work logs, and participate in exciting social functions. We believe that our social functions build strong working relationships between our attorneys and the future of our Firm. Recent events have included retreats to New Orleans, dinner parties at Partners' homes, wine tastings, cooking classes, concerts, sporting events, golf and spa afternoons, women's initiative parties, functions with the Houston Bar Association, and community service projects.
The Houston office program takes place in the first half of the summer.
Thompson & Knight is organized into the following areas of practice:
- Corporate and Securities
- Corporate Reorganization and Creditors' Rights
- Environmental
- Finance
- Government Relations and Public Policy
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Labor, Employment, and Immigration
- Oil, Gas, and Energy
- Real Estate and Banking
- Tax, Benefits, and Estate Planning
- Technology
- Trial and Appellate
A few of the honors and awards we have received include:
- #5 in Houston and #55 in the nation (the only Texas-based firm to rank among the Top 75 programs) in The American Lawyer's 2008 Summer Associate survey;
- One of the top 40 law firms in the U.S. based on growth in three key financial performance measures by The American Lawyer;
- 96 attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2010, which includes nearly half of our Partners;
- 76 attorneys selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers 2009;
- 37 attorneys selected for inclusion in Texas Rising Stars in 2009;
- 5 attorneys named "Top Lawyers in Houston" by H Magazine in 2006 and 2007, and in previous years we had more attorneys listed than any other Houston firm;
- 28 attorneys selected as "Leaders in their Field" by Chambers USA 2009;
- 18 attorneys selected by Who's Who Legal: Texas as "Leading Lawyers" in Texas in 2007;
- "Best Place to Work" by the Houston Business Journal; and
- Recipient of the 2008 Ernst & Young Celebration of Diversity Award for "Workplace of the Year."
For more information, please contact Recruiting Coordinator Evan Argue to learn more about our exciting career opportunities!
Evan.Argue@tklaw.com
713.217.2829