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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
The firm looks for students whose personal qualities, academic records and other achievements demonstrate exceptional ability, motivation, commercial skills and potential for growth. Most summer associate hiring is done during August and September. For those students who are invited to the firm's offices for interviews, the Hiring Committee generally makes decisions within 10 days, based on the interviewers' written evaluations, academic and non-academic records, and the firm's overall hiring needs.
The firm's lawyers have been committed to public service ever since the firm was founded in 1931. A strong commitment is a longstanding tradition that is ingrained in the firm's culture. It defines who they are. It is an ethical obligation that the firm is happy to fulfill. The firm handles many pro bono matters each year and is consistently ranked among the top firms for pro bono work. Debevoise is a charter signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, committing to entrust 5 percent of its billed time to pro bono issues. Debevoise sources it pro bono work from many areas, prime amongst them being legal service organizations, with whom it has a longstanding associations, such as the Legal Aid Society, Human Rights First and other similar organizations. Some pro bono projects are suggested by the lawyers themselves. In 2011, attorneys from the firm's U.S. offices performed 51,603.9 hours of pro bono work. 87.4% of the firm's U.S.-based attorneys did pro bono work that year with 59.7% doing 20 or more hours.
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