If you’ve spent the past year or two as a judicial clerk, the next step in your career is a very important one. In joining Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, you would be following in the footsteps of many of our partners who came here directly from their clerkships. We welcome your application and will consider you for placement directly into a specific practice area.
Your developmentAs future leaders and legal experts, your growth is our growth. We run training programs for our junior attorneys which include interactive deposition skills trainings, drafting and writing programs, and a variety of ethics trainings. In addition, our Shadowing Program will give you the opportunity to experience on-the-job training, partner mentoring and client exposure early in your career.
Benefits
Associates joining the firm directly from a one-year judicial clerkship for a judge of a federal court or the highest court of any state are eligible for a $50,000 bonus. Associates joining the firm directly from a two-year judicial clerkship for a judge of a federal court or the highest court of any state (or two successive one-year clerkships for judges of such courts) are eligible for a a $70,000 bonus. Associates who have intervening employment between their judicial clerkship and starting at the firm are not eligible to receive this bonus.
How to applyVisit our opportunities page for current openings at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
