Experienced Lawyers
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Experienced Lawyers
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Our approach to talent is simple – we recruit, train and develop elite talent at all levels, from our attorneys to our professional staff. Our goal is to further our culture of excellence with talented people who deliver distinguished intellectual capital and superior execution to our clients in a collaborative way.
When you join Paul Hastings, you will experience a future-focused culture that encourages and rewards original thought and new ideas. We are a dynamic and entrepreneurial firm committed to building on our already significant successes to be a market leader across all our practices. A core business philosophy of the firm is a firm-first mentality where all of our elite talent coming from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives have a common goal to serve our clients with a culture of excellence.
Our focus on collective success creates individual opportunities for you to set a faster pace of growth for your practice and stature in the market. We are passionate about our open, inclusive and flexible work environment where we inspire each other to make the biggest impact on our clients and one another. We are a destination for elite talent with wide ranging backgrounds, but with a common denominator of collective ambition and shared vision of excellence in order to serve clients and to take market share at the top of the market.
Joining us gives you the opportunity to help some of the world’s leading companies address some of their biggest challenges around the globe. You will also have opportunities to be a catalyst for change in your community, championing pro bono projects and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) successes with the same passion and focus we bring to all our work.
Training and Development
At Paul Hastings, we are dedicated to the growth of our lawyers and committed to providing the resources necessary for success. Throughout your career with us, you will be provided with legal training, integration opportunities, career development and performance management.
PARTNER ONBOARDING
- Lateral Partner Integration — Lateral partners are supported through a global platform to ensure a smooth transition, streamline communications, provide leadership opportunities and optimize partner networks.
LEGAL TRAINING
We offer a wide variety of professional development programs, many of which offer Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. Our robust training offerings include:
- Developing First Year Associates — Our programming for first year associates helps them understand the firm’s vision and strategic direction, department goals and structures, ways to increase their skills while delivering excellent legal services and establishing professional relationships across the Firm.
- Guiding Mid-level Associates — We focus on communicating our firm’s business strategies, and how they map to associate development and advancement. We ensure our associates develop skills important for success when leading teams and matters, including delegating/supervising effectively and asking for/offering feedback. We provide insight into the path to partnership, the business of law, and the drivers of profitability.
- Department and Practice Group Academies — We provide robust substantive training programs, enabling associates to continually expand their legal expertise. Our department and practice groups embrace a culture of ongoing learning.
- Connecting with Firm Management — Firm management regularly meets with associates across the firm.
CONTINUOUS CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- Career Coaching — We help our attorneys assess their skills, develop a personal career plan, seek additional opportunities for growth and mentorship and provide guidance for networking efforts. The firm has an in-house Director of Attorney Careers who offers group and 1:1 coaching, including 1st year associate coaching cohorts.
- In-house Counsel Opportunities — We offer client career opportunities for associates to confidentially search potential opportunities in-house and other legal positions.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Throughout the year, our performance management process provides valuable feedback that aligns with their individual professional development goals.
Our Culture
Dedicated to helping clients navigate their most challenging legal issues, complex transactions and critical disputes, Paul Hastings is a premier global law firm with elite teams in every key practice area, jurisdiction and region.
We foster an open and inclusive work environment that enables us to provide clients with the innovative thinking of teams rich in talent, experience and creativity. We regularly host programs intended to increase cultural competencies and address key topics related to community, opportunity and inclusion.
We seek out pro bono matters that make a difference in our communities, pursue sustainable business practices and engage with environmental issues that impact us all.
Benefit Highlights
Comprehensive Health Benefits
Retirement Plan
Family Planning and Parental Support
Holistic Well-Being Support
Professional Development, Coaching and Mentorship
Back-Up Childcare and Elder Care
Generous Paid Time Off Program
Employee Discounts
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Judicial Clerks
Paul Hastings offers a special opportunity for impactful experience and professional growth after your clerkship. With our wide-ranging and dynamic litigation practices on a major growth trajectory, you will play an important role in building upon the firm’s many successes.
At our firm, former clerks can expect to play a key role in prominent cases and take on substantive work right away. Using the writing and analytical skills that you have fine-tuned while clerking, you will have the opportunity to help world-renowned clients and international market leaders by providing solutions for their most challenging and complex matters.
Fueled by former clerks and high-level government litigators, our prominent investigations and disputes work excels in areas including:
- administrative law
- antitrust
- arbitration
- securities
- white-collar defense
- fintech
- privacy
- employment
- class actions
- intellectual property
In addition to doing cutting-edge work, you will be surrounded by people committed to helping you succeed. Our collaborative firm culture promotes a positive, team-oriented work environment. Additionally, our firmwide talent team provides ongoing professional development training, specifically targeted to associates at various levels as they progress through their careers.
Paul Hastings’ policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is the firm’s policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of ethnicity, race, creed, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, immigration status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status, military status, disability, genetic information, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.
Paul Hastings provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment: CareerOpportunities@paulhastings.com. NOTE: This email address is not for general employment inquiries. We will not respond to inquiries to this email address that are not related to requests for accommodated accessibility of our online application system by individuals with disabilities.
Note to search firms: All agencies must sign a Paul Hastings search firm agreement. Our search firm agreements are office specific. Candidates submitted by a search firm without an executed search firm agreement with the appropriate office will not be considered an applicant. All applicants must be submitted to a job posting through our online process. Resumes sent directly to Paul Hastings attorneys or the Talent Acquisition & Development Department will not be accepted or considered an applicant. If you would like to sign a Paul Hastings search firm agreement, please send a request to CareerOpportunities@paulhastings.com.
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