Weil 1L LASER Program for First-Year Law Students

About the Weil 1L LASER Summer Associate Program

Participants will spend their 1L summer (2027) in Weil's New York office working as part of LASER (Lawyer-Augmented Solutions Engineering & Research), Weil’s artificial intelligence and machine learning team. This 10-week 1L summer program, which runs coextensively with Weil’s 2L summer program, requires no prior coding or mathematics background. Participants will learn Python from the ground up, construct a neural network, and examine how to scale up to the large language models shaping the legal practice. Participants will work under the guidance of a dedicated LASER Architect mentor to develop legal software applications and contribute to an academic research initiative on artificial intelligence and the law. Participants’ 2L summer (2028) will be spent as a Weil Summer Associate.

Applications

Applications for the inaugural class are now open. Candidates will be considered based on academic achievement, professional and leadership experience, intellectual curiosity, and interest in law, technology, and innovation.

To be considered, please submit an application via careers.weil.com/how-to-apply indicating interest in being considered for the LASER Program. Your completed online application package must include the following items:

• Résumé
• Unofficial or Official Law School Transcript
  • Please include the grades you have at the time of your submission; you will be able to subsequently update your online application by using the link you will receive in a confirmation email upon submission
• Written statement (no more than 250 words) addressing the following question:
  • Why do you want to spend your 1L summer learning how AI models work, building software for legal practice, and helping Weil’s LASER team with academic research on AI and the law?

To Be Considered for the LASER Program, You Must:

• Be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school;
• Intend to practice law in Weil’s New York office;
• Successfully complete the first year of a full-time JD program by the start of the 2027 Summer Associate Program;
• Have an expected graduation date of spring 2029

If you have any questions regarding the LASER Program, please contact recruit@weil.com.