Summer Jobs
Every summer, Pepperdine University School of Law students work for organizations of all types and sizes in the United States and around the world. What follows is a partial list of employers where some Pepperdine Law students have spent their past two summers:
Law Firms
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld (Los Angeles, CA)
Bingham McCutchen (Los Angeles, CA)
Clayson, Mann, Yaeger & Hansen (Corona, CA)
Cohen, Kennedy, Dowd & Quigley (Phoenix, AZ)
Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner (Los Angeles, CA)
Hager & Dowling (Santa Barbara, CA)
Hanger, Levine & Steinberg (Woodland Hills, CA)
Jones Day (Los Angeles, CA)
Kimble, MacMichael & Upton (Fresno, CA)
Kirkland & Ellis (Los Angeles, CA)
Koeller, Nebecker, Carlson & Haluck (Irvine, CA)
Latham & Watkins (Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY)
Law Office of Jeffrey L. Hoffer (Westlake Village, CA)
Law Offices of Mary P. Kulvinskas (Westlake Village, CA)
Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton (Ventura, CA)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Orange County, CA)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Los Angeles, CA)
Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland (Seattle, WA)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton (San Diego, CA)
Steptoe & Johnson (Washington, DC)
Sullivan & Cromwell (Los Angeles, CA)
Tyre, Kamins, Katz & Granof (Los Angeles, CA)
White & Case (Los Angeles, CA)
Judicial Externships
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (Multiple Locations, CA)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne, IN)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York (Utica, NY)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin, TX)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Wilmington, DE)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Akron, OH)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Multiple Locations, CA)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Salt Lake City, UT)
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Multiple Locations, CA)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Lafayette, LA)
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota (Bismarck, ND)
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Cincinnati, OH)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Jackson, TN)
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma, WA)
Federal Government Agencies
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington, DC)
U.S. Air Force (Arlington, VA)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Washington, DC)
U.S. Department of Justice (Lexington, KY)
U.S. House of Representatives (San Dimas, CA)
U.S. Trustee Program (Los Angeles, CA)
State Government Agencies
California Court of Appeal (Multiple Locations, CA)
Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY)
Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District (Cleveland, OH)
Office of the Colorado State Public Defender (Denver, CO)
Second Judicial District of South Dakota (Sioux Falls, SD)
State of California Office of the Attorney General (Los Angeles, CA)
State of Illinois Appellate Court (Oakbrook Terrace, CA)
State of Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami, FL)
State of Michigan Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court (Grand Rapids, MI)
The State Bar of California (Los Angeles, CA)
Washington State Court of Appeals (Tacoma, WA)
Local Government Agencies
Clark County Public Defender Department (Las Vegas, NV)
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney (Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender (Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles County Superior Court (Los Angeles and Van Nuys, CA)
Mesa County District Attorney's Office (Grand Junction, CO)
Orange County District Attorney's Office (Santa Ana, CA)
Orange County Superior Court (Santa Ana and Westminster, CA)
Riverside County District Attorney's Office (Riverside, CA)
San Diego Public Defender (San Diego, CA)
Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office (Santa Barbara, CA)
Ventura County District Attorney's Office (Ventura, CA)
Public Interest
American Council on Renewable Energy (Washington, DC)
Americans United for Life (Chicago, IL)
Bet Tzedek Legal Services (North Hollywood, CA)
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles (Monterey Park, CA)
Environmental Defense Center (Santa Barbara, CA)
Eviction Defense Network (Los Angeles, CA)
HIV & AIDS Legal Service Alliance (Los Angeles, CA)
Learning Rights Law Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Legal Aid of North Carolina (Sylva, NC)
Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino County (San Bernardino, CA)
Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (Pasadena, CA)
Natural Resource Defense Council (Santa Monica, CA)
Neighborhood Legal Services (Los Angeles and Van Nuys, CA)
Public Counsel Law Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (Washington, DC)
Corporate
Buck Consultants, LLC, an ACS Company (New York, NY)
Countrywide Financial Corporation (Westlake Village and Calabasas, CA)
Direct Capital Securities, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
Princess / Cunard Cruise Lines (Valencia, CA)
Entertainment
Comedy Central (Los Angeles, CA)
Dick Clark Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
Fox Cable Networks (Beverly Hills, CA)
Marvel Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mosaic Media Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Nival Interactive (Santa Monica, CA)
The Point Media (Los Angeles, CA)
Vivendi Games, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
Warner Brothers (Los Angeles, CA)
Pepperdine University
Office of the General Counsel
Research Assistant for Various Professors
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
International Opportunities
ABN AMRO (London, UK)
Court of Appeals, Constitutional Court (Kampala, Republic of Uganda)
Fulbright & Jaworski (London, UK)
Hogan & Hartson (London, UK)
Kirkland & Ellis (Munich, Germany)
Lovells (London, UK)
Minz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo (London, UK)
Pro Capital, Ltd. (London, UK)
U.S. Department of Justice (London, UK)
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr (London, UK)
