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| INFORMATION | | Click on the icons below to print, view the employer questionnaire and add to your list. Click on FAQ at left for definitions of terms. |
 EMPLOYER INFO |
| Employer Name: |
Kaye Scholer LLP |
| Address: |
425 Park Avenue |
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| City: |
New York |
| State, Zip: |
New York, 10022 |
| Country: |
United States |
| Phone: |
(212) 836-8000 |
| Fax: |
(212) 836-7153 |
| Web: |
www.kayescholer.com |
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| Hiring Attorney: |
Jeannie Bionda, Jeffrey Fuisz, Mark Kingsley |
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| Recruiting Contact: |
Ms. Emily Kanarek |
| Title: |
Legal Recruiting and Integration Manager |
| Employer Name: |
Kaye Scholer LLP |
| Address: |
425 Park Avenue |
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| City: |
New York |
| State, Zip: |
New York, 10022 |
| Country: |
United States |
| Phone: |
(212) 836-8519 |
| Fax: |
(212) 836-8689 |
| Email: |
legalrecruiting@kayescholer.com |
| OFFICE/ORGANIZATION SIZE |
| Multi Office Form: |
N |
| Multi Office Form Reporting For: |
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| Specify: |
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| # Offices On Form: |
1 |
| Total # Offices: |
8 |
| Employer Size Range: |
251-500 |
| Office Size Range: |
251-500 |
| Total Attorneys In This Office: |
352 |
| DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION |
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| OTHER OFFICES |
| Washington, D.C. | DC | 43 | | Los Angeles | CA | 52 | | Chicago | IL | 28 | | West Palm Beach | FL | 4 | | London | | 9 | | Frankfurt | | 18 | | Shanghai | | 4 |
| PRIMARY PRACTICE AREAS |
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| Litigation | 47 | 122 | | Corporate/Finance | 27 | 37 | | Business Reorganization | 12 | 13 | | Real Estate | 8 | 16 | | Tax | 7 | 5 | | Trusts & Estates | 1 | 4 |
| COMPENSATION & EMPLOYMENT DATA |
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| 160,000 |
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| 3100 |
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| STUDENT EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION |
| # 2009 entry-level attorneys who were former interns: |
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| # 2009 Summer 2Ls considered for associate offers: |
17 |
| # offers made: |
15 |
| Hire school term clerks? |
CBC |
| Prefer significant prior experience in area? |
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| 1Ls hired? |
Y |
| For attorney hires, require: Bar admission? |
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| For attorney hires, require: Prior practice experience? |
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| If yes, # of years? |
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| U.S. citizenship required? |
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| When after 12/1 should 1Ls apply? |
December 1 |
| Split summers allowed? |
CBC |
| If yes, minimum weeks: |
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| 1Ls considered for interns? |
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| Comments: |
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Accept applications for the 2011 Summer Program from: |
| Joint degree students graduating in 2013 or later? |
N |
| Evening students graduating in 2013? |
N |
| Judicial Clerks? |
N |
| Students at non-US law schools? |
Y |
What % of legal staff has been with the organization: |
| less than 2 years? |
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| 2-5 years? |
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| 6-10 years? |
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| more than 10 years? |
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Application Process: |
| Date applications first accepted for summer interns: |
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| Date applications first accepted for attorneys: |
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| Deadline for applications from summer interns: |
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| Deadline for applications from attorneys: |
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| Date offers are made to summer interns: |
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| Date offers are made to attorneys: |
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| Average length of hiring process (months) for summer interns: |
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| Average length of hiring process (months) for attorneys: |
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| Do you hire domestic LL.M.s? |
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| In what practice areas: |
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| Do you hire foreign LL.M.s? |
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| In what practice areas: |
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| When should LL.M.s submit applications? |
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| Preferred application materials: |
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| Hiring Criteria: |
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| We seek candidates who exhibit the ability, commitment and personality to excel at the practice of law. Strong academic performance is an important factor in our consideration of candidates. |
| ATTORNEY HOURS |
| Average annual associate hours worked: |
(2008) |
(2009) |
| Average annual associate billable hours: |
(2008) |
(2009) |
| Is there a minimum billable hour expectation? |
Y |
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| If "Yes", number: |
2000 |
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| Hours policy details: |
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| Is billable hour credit given for pro bono work? |
N |
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| Is there a maximum that will be credited? |
N |
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| If yes, what? |
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| For bonus consideration, is a pro bono hour equivalent to a billable hour? |
N |
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CLERKSHIP/CREDIT/SUPPLEMENTAL
COMPENSATION |
| Do you have a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)? |
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| If yes, describe: |
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| Judicial Clerkship Bonus: |
Y |
| Compensation/progression credit for judicial clerkship? |
Y |
| Compensation/progression credit for other advanced degrees? |
N |
| Other Compensation: |
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| BENEFITS |
| Benefits: |
401(k)/IRA/Other Retirement Plan
Business Casual Dress Code
Dental Insurance
Domestic Partner Benefits
Family/Dependent Care Leave
Flexible Spending Account/pre-tax Option
Life/AD&D
Long-term Care Insurance
Long-term Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Medical Spending Account
Parental Leave
Relocation Expenses
Short-term Disability Insurance
Sick Leave
Technology (Laptop, PDA, etc.)
Vacation Leave |
| Benefit Package Comments: |
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| WORK/LIFE INFORMATION |
| Average weekly hours per attorney: |
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| Usual scheduled working day: |
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| Part-time allowed? |
CBC |
| Part-time available to entry-level? |
N |
| # of part-time associates: |
0 (m) 5 (w) |
| # of part-time partners/members: |
0 (m) 0 (w) |
| # of part-time other lawyers: |
1 (m) 6 (w) |
| Do you have a written part-time policy for associates? |
Y |
| Do you have a written part-time policy for partners? |
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| What is the impact of working part-time as an associate, if any, on an associate's progression toward partner? |
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| Can an associate be promoted to partner while s/he is working on a part-time schedule? |
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| Can a partner work on a part-time schedule? |
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| Eligibility for alternative work schedules determined by: |
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| Paid non-medical parental leave? |
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| Comments: |
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| TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| Coaching/mentoring program? |
Y |
| Evaluations: |
Annual |
| Upward reviews: |
N |
| Professional development staff: |
Y |
| Billable hours credit for training time: |
N |
| Rotation for junior associates between departments/practice groups? |
N |
| Is rotation mandatory? |
N |
| Comments: |
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| PARTNERSHIP DATA |
| Does the firm have two or more tiers of partner? |
N |
| If no, how many years is the partnership track? |
8.00 |
| If yes, how many years is the non-equity track? |
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| How many years is the equity track? |
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| Additional partnership progression information: |
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DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
EFFORTS |
| Activities to increase the presence and retention of under-represented groups: |
| Minority job fairs: |
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Bar sponsored Programs: |
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| Outreach to law student groups: |
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Firm Diversity Committee: |
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| Directed Mentoring Effors: |
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Rec. at schools w/ large min. pop.: |
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| Comments: |
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At Kaye Scholer, we have a commitment to fostering and supporting diversity, and believe that the richer the mix of people the more vital the firm.
Kaye Scholer is an original signatory to the Statement of Goals of New York Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments for Increasing Minority Hiring, Retention and Promotion, and we have surpassed the goals in each of the years of their existence. We are also an original signatory to the Satement of Goals of New York Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments for the Retention and Promotion of Women, and we have participated in the City Bar Fellowship since its inception
The Diversity and Recruiting Committees work together to ensure a diverse workplace. We recruit at several minority job fairs, and activley seek out diverse candidates at all the law schools at which we conduct interviews.
All of our attorneys have attended diversity training sessions. Our diversity consultant assisted us in revising our mentoring program with the goal of promoting personal and professional growth and increasing retention.
Kaye Scholer has a longstanding commitment to help associates balance work/life issues. We support flex-time and part-time work schedules and provide health benefits to domestic partners.
We actively seek applications from candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds, interests and life experiences. Please join us as we build a more diverse community.
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| CAMPUS INTERVIEWS |
| Selected Campuses: |
Boston College Law School
Boston University School of Law
Columbia University Law School
Cornell Law School
Fordham University School of Law
George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Harvard Law School
New York University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
St. John's University School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Yale Law School |
| Job Fair/Corsortia Attended: |
DuPont Minority Job Fair
Lavender Law
Midwest/California Consortium
NEBLSA
Vault |
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| CAMPUS INTERVIEWS FOR PRIOR YEAR |
| # of Schools Visited in 2009: |
13 |
| # of Job Fairs / Consortia Attended in 2009: |
5 |
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| PRO BONO INFORMATION |
| Pro Bono Contact Information |
| Pro Bono Contact: |
Ellen Spiegel |
| Title: |
Pro Bono Administrator |
| Phone: |
212-836-7894 |
| Fax: |
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| Email: |
espiegel@kayescholer.com |
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| The information indicated here is: |
| Firm-wide: |
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Office Specific: |
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| %Firm Billable Hours last year: |
3.6 |
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| Average Hours per Attorney Last Year: |
Associates
Partners/Members
Other Lawyers
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| Participation last year: |
86% Associates
20% Partners/Members
37% Other Lawyers
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| What percentage of attorneys performed more than 20 hours? |
49 |
| What was the number of actual pro bono hours contributed by the organization in the prior calendar year?
17114 |
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| Does the organization maintain a formal pro bono policy that sets forth the organization's commitment to pro bono? |
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How does the organization define what constitutes pro bono legal work? Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge definition from the Pro Bono Institute
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| Does the organization set annual goals regarding the minimum number of pro bono hours to be contributed by the organization? |
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| If yes, what is that annual goal? |
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| Does the organization set individual attorney goals regarding the minimum number of pro bono hours to be contributed? |
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| If yes, what is that annual goal? |
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| Is an attorney's commitment to pro bono activity considered a favorable factor in advancement and compensation decisions? |
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If yes, to what extent? As long as billable hours goal has been fulfilled
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| Are full-time support services (word processing, online research Lexis/Westlaw, out of pocket costs) available for pro bono representation? |
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If so, are there any limitations? Non-profit clients are expected to pay third-party out-of-pocket expenses
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| Are associates provided written evaluations of their work on pro bono matters? |
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| Does the organization employ one or more of the following structures to manage its pro bono program and to provide training and guidance to participating attorneys? |
| Full-time attorney in a dedicated pro bono coordination/oversight role |
| An attorney who coordinates pro bono projects as an ancillary duty to other work |
| Pro Bono Committee |
| Non-attorney administrator |
| Other: |
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How is pro bono work assigned/distributed? Case lists and training opportunities circulated via email; staffing requests from partners, billable clients and ongoing pro bono project teams
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| If an attorney is permitted to bring a pro bono case
for possible consideration by the firm, who makes decisions about
whether the firm will handle the matter?
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| Pro Bono Coordinator |
| Pro Bono Committee |
| Department Chair |
| Other: |
| N/A |
| Does the organization provide any of the following to enable its attorneys to participate in pro bono activities or work in a public interest setting? (Check all that apply) |
| Externships |
| Sabbaticals |
| Fellowships |
| Part-time pro bono programs |
| Other |
| If so, please describe: |
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| Are pro bono opportunities available for summer associates? |
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| Additional comments (Please use this space to provide any additional information about your organization's pro bono program including any special recognition or awards the organization has received for its pro bono work.): |
• New York State Bar Association - 2009 President's Large Law Firm Pro Bono Services Award (please see text below);
• Human Rights First - 2009 Marvin Frankel Award for Asylum Representation;
• The Legal Aid Society - Pro Bono Award for Outstanding Service (10 recipients);
• Inwood House Award (NYC nonprofit providing teen pregnancy prevention, youth development programs and teen family support to youth); and
• Participating Firm in Holocaust Survivors Justice Network, winner of ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
On May 1, 2009, Kaye Scholer was recognized by The New York State Bar Association for the Firm's exceptional commitment to pro bono, as evidenced by the attorneys in the New York office in 2008 performing 27,115 hours of pro bono work — an average of 79 hours per attorney. Through its summer and first year associates' programs, the Firm consistently has provided outstanding representation to disabled low-income New Yorkers who were denied Social Security Disability benefits. During the past year alone, they successfully represented twenty-five (25) clients referred by The Legal Aid Society.
Working with The Legal Aid Society's Parole Revocation Unit, the Firm initiated Article 78 and Writs of Habeas Corpus petitions on behalf of eighteen inmates who were subjected to an illegally imposed period of post-release supervision. In addition to these individual cases, Kaye Scholer, under the leadership of its former Chair David Klingsberg, filed an amicus brief to the Court of Appeals that successfully argued that non-judicially entered post-release supervision is constitutionally and statutorily infirm and cannot be corrected by a clerk's merely listing it in the commitment order. This was a sweeping victory, prohibiting the administrative, non-judicial imposition of post-release supervision.
Kaye Scholer also made a major commitment of pro bono business and transactional legal expertise to one hundred (126) nonprofits that had a myriad of legal issues. This vast array of nonprofits included charter schools participating in a legal audit, a grant-making entity that provides fellowships to start-up nonprofits committed to social entrepreneurship, programs that offer services to youth involved with the criminal justice system, support groups for families with special education needs, and long-standing settlement houses in need of general counsel legal services. Kaye Scholer's dedication to pro bono and its impact on the lives of low-income New Yorkers made it an outstanding recipient of the 2009 New York State Bar Association President's large law firm pro bono services award.
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| What are some of the areas in which your firm has performed pro bono work in the past year? |
| Death Penalty; asylum; children's rights; advocacy for disabled; transactional advice to nonprofits & microentrepreneurs; landlord/tenant; trademark & copyright; employment; family/matrimonial; prisoners’ rights; establishment of charter schools |
| PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIPS |
| Do you sponsor split public interest summer and/or post-graduate fellowships? |
N |
| Public Interest Fellowship Comments: |
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| NON - DISCRIMINATION POLICY |
| Non-Discrimination: |
| Kaye Scholer LLP provides equal opportunities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, creed, disability, gender, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. |
| NARRATIVE |
At Kaye Scholer we pride ourselves on the quality, diversity and excitement of our practice. The firm dates back to 1917 when it was founded by Jacob Scholer and Benjamin Kaye, a banking attorney who wrote not only the first article on the Federal Income Tax, but also a number of Broadway plays. Currently, the firm has approximately 500 attorneys. We encourage diversity among our lawyers, believing that the richer the mix of people, the stronger and more vital the firm.
Kaye Scholer's clients and the matters we handle are similarly varied. Our clients range from individuals and small companies to the world's largest corporations and financial institutions. Our practice consists of sophisticated transactions and major litigations of national and international scope, as well as small and mid-size transactions and litigations in which our junior attorneys can play a leading role. We have many departments and interdepartmental practice groups. In New York: antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate and finance, e-commerce, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, product liability, real estate, taxation, and wills and estates. In Los Angeles: bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, intellectual property, litigation and real estate. In Washington, D.C.: appellate litigation, equal rights litigation and compliance, foreign acquisitions and government contracts, international trade, litigation and international arbitration and telecommunications. Our Chicago office specializes in bankruptcy and corporate, and our West Palm Beach office concentrates on trusts and estates matters. We have offices in London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and represent domestic and foreign clients in their projects and investments throughout the world.
Pro bono work is a tradition at Kaye Scholer. We encourage our lawyers to participate in philanthropic, political, bar association and other organizations, including the Legal Aid Society, Lawyers Alliance for New York and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
We are committed to the training and professional development of our associates. Our Director of Professional Development and Training plans in house training programs for which our attorneys receive CLE credit. In addition, each department identifies the specific skills that a new associate needs to acquire, and develops a structured training program designed to provide those skills.
Our summer program is tailored to the specific objectives of each summer associate. Summer associates may select and concentrate on a few areas of law or may sample many. They are invited to attend and to participate in client conferences, court proceedings, depositions, closings and negotiations. Departmental meetings, seminars and lunches, together with a broad range of social activities, offer additional opportunities to learn about the firm.
Associates participate in the management of the firm as members of such committees as Legal Personnel, Diversity, Pro Bono, Professional Ethics and Recruiting. These committees provide many opportunities for the exchange of ideas among partners, counsel and associates.
In short, we believe that Kaye Scholer offers qualified candidates a dynamic and enriching professional experience in a comfortable atmosphere. We encourage you to learn more about us on our website, and invite you to meet and get to know us. |
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