Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC welcomes four law students to the firm’s 2026 Summer Associates Program.
Kayleigh Canoy joins the firm following the completion of her first year at Mississippi College School of Law. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Mississippi College.
Joining the program next month are law students Shawn Jackson, Allison Mayo, and Mary Grace Nelson.
Shawn and Allison are returning for their second year as summer associates with Brunini, and both will begin their final year at Mississippi College School of Law in the fall. Shawn earned her Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. Allison earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University. Mary Grace will be entering her third year at Samford University Cumberland School of Law and earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mississippi State University. She previously served as an intern for the Honorable D. Sims Crawford and Magistrate Judge Staci G. Cornelius.
Brunini’s Summer Associates Program provides law students with hands-on legal experience, mentorship, and exposure to the firm’s collaborative culture and deep community roots. Summer associates will work closely with Brunini attorneys on a range of matters within the firm’s Commercial, Litigation, and Regulatory departments.
Brunini, based in Jackson, is one of Mississippi’s largest and longest-established law firms. Founded over 130 years ago, the firm’s attorneys serve businesses and institutions across the Southeast in areas including commercial litigation, construction, economic development, public finance, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, energy and environmental law, public utilities and telecommunications regulation, real estate, trust and estate planning, and probate.