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Paul Hastings LLP

Main Office: 515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor | Los Angeles | CA | 90071
Phone: 213-683-6000 | Fax: 213-627-0705

Paul Hastings LLP follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.

Hiring Criteria

Paul Hastings seeks students with competencies that are the hallmarks of successful associates at the firm. These include critical thinking, strong communication skills, achievement drive, interpersonal savvy, dedication to client service excellence, and the ability to work effectively as a team member. Students have to be responsible to take initiative for complex legal matters and interface with sophisticated clients around the world.

The firm extensively participates in campus recruitment's and job fairs. In 2011, the firm visited 31 law schools for campus interviews, while it participated in 5 job fairs in 2011. Impact Diversity Career Fair, Southeastern Minority Job Fair, Bay Area Diversity Job Fair, Lavender Law, Loyola Patent Law Job Fair are among the notable ones.

Pro bono

The firm encourages attorneys to handle pro bono matters. The time used for pro bono activity is treated the same as time billed to any other client for all purposes including bonuses. Pro bono work is assigned in a variety of ways, including by members of the Pro Bono Committee who serve as pro bono coordinators.

Some of the areas in which Paul Hastings has performed pro bono work in the past year include, immigrant rights, veteran rights, adoptions, children's rights, homelessness prevention, non-profit counseling, and environmental sustainability.

Paul Hastings was awarded 2nd rank among law firms in the 2011 American Lawyer Pro Bono Survey. In addition, the firms and its attorneys have been honored by other organizations, including Public Counsel, ACLU, LAFLA, Casa Cornelia, and the Public Law Center.