Laterals and Judicial Clerks
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Committed to your success
Your capabilities matched with ours
Grow your career by tapping into our leading practices to deliver smart, creative solutions to our clients' toughest legal challenges. Our highly collaborative approach allows you to work with colleagues across offices and practice areas.
Innovation
Talent development
We help our lawyers reach their highest potential as professionals, consistent with our standard of excellence in client service and commitment to connecting our people, our clients and our communities. Your professional development is supported through annual goal setting, technical and leadership training, mentoring, career development, and comprehensive performance management.
Pro bono
Pro bono is a professional obligation for US lawyers; it benefits our firm and communities, strengthens our sustainability and diversity and inclusion efforts, and offers our lawyers new perspectives. We believe in a collaborative approach to pro bono, and often work alongside firm clients, legal service providers and others to broaden the impact of our pro bono efforts.
Diversity and inclusion
We value our people and provide a welcoming, inclusive environment where everyone can succeed.
Read more about our diversity and inclusion initiatives, events and recognitions→
Opportunities for judicial clerks
Judicial clerks
We recognize and appreciate the experience and training that judicial clerks bring to our team. Each year, we actively seek to hire former judicial clerks who are seeking a home to build their careers once their clerkship ends. We are committed to developing our people, serving our communities and providing innovative service excellence to our clients.
In appreciation of your prior experience, we offer service credit for your time devoted to the clerkship as well as competitive bonuses for the completion of qualifying Article III clerkships.
Benefits
Get to know us
Our lawyers give a behind-the-scenes look at their individual paths to careers in the legal industry and share what motivates them inside and outside of the office.
For more, visit our Why I Lawyer series.
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