Job Description: Cooley LLP is recruiting 2L summer associates for the 2025 summer program to join our Labor & Employment on practice in any of the following offices: Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Please only apply to one office and if you are open to other offices, feel free to include that information in the notes section of the application. Cooley advises a wide variety of industries on the full spectrum of employment counseling, agreements, litigation, investigations, strategies, infrastructure, problem solving and dispute resolution. Our diverse employment team performs these services, along with our Compensation and Benefits group, for public and private companies, boards of directors, senior executives, investment funds, nonprofits, trade associations and government contractors. We have acted as strategic employment counsel for numerous national and international companies. Cooley has an excellent track record in defending employers against individual plaintiff employment claims, as well as employment-related class action claims. We have defended such claims from the investigative phase to victories in trial and appellate courts, as well as in arbitrations throughout the country. We have handled cases involving claims alleging breach of contract, discrimination of all types, sexual and other harassment, whistleblowing, retaliation, wage/hour violations, trade secret theft, noncompetition agreements, employee raiding, stock and stock option disputes, and officer fiduciary duties. We have also successfully pursued trade secret misappropriation and related claims against former employees in both criminal and civil arenas. In the class action realm, our practitioners are experienced in class certification contests, negotiation and creative structuring of class action settlements and, when necessary, trial of class actions. In multi-district class action litigation, we have successfully moved to transfer class actions from district courts around the country to a single district court for coordinated or consolidated proceedings and served as lead counsel after transfer. The expected salary for this position is based on an annualized rate of pay of $225,000. Job Requirements: Learn more about the practice by visiting our website.