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Ropes & Gray LLP. follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
Joining Ropes and Gray for a legal career is considered a singular achievement in the legal world. The firm expects a strong academic performance at undergraduate schools and a demonstrated record of leadership, initiative as well as integrity. In all, the firm visited 28 law schools in 2011 and 5 job fairs for its hiring purposes. The firm usually chooses its candidates via campus recruiting and campus interviews. Some of the schools that are included in the firm's hiring itinerary are as below: American University Washington College of Law Boston College Law School Boston University School of Law Brooklyn Law School Columbia University Law School Duke University School of Law Fordham University School of Law George Washington University Law School Georgetown University Law Center Harvard Law School Hofstra University School of Law Howard University School of Law New York University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law Northwestern University School of Law Santa Clara University School of Law Stanford Law School Suffolk University Law School UCLA School of Law University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law University of Chicago Law School University of Michigan Law School University of North Carolina School of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School University of Southern California Gould School of Law University of Virginia School of Law Vanderbilt University Law School Yale Law School In addition to choosing candidates via campus interviews, the firm also selects from job fairs and consortia such as: BLG Job Fair Cornell Job Fair Lavender Law Conference Loyola Patent Fair Texas Job Fair The firm appreciates hearing from qualified candidates who meet its criteria of hiring.
At Ropes and Gray, commitment to Pro Bono is the hallmark of the firm. It is engrained in the example that the firm's founders had set more than a hundred and fifty years ago. The firm's pro bono activities includes work such as securing asylum for immigrants in danger to helping people keep their homes to winning the release of the wrongly convicted and a host of other benevolent and altruistic activities. In 2011, the staff of over 1,000 attorneys, paralegals, as well as summer associates donated over 98,000 hours worth of legal services. This is worth an estimated $42 million in today's expenses. Ropes and Gray was recognized in 2011 by the American Bar Association's business law section with its National Public Service Award, It is also ranked as #17 on the American Lawyer's prestigious A-List prominently due to its pro bono activities. The firm's pro bono activities are wide-ranging and encompass a wide area of the law. Ropes and Gray actively demonstrates its ongoing commitment to public service. It actively encourages its lawyers to engage its pro bono work, which is equally valued for associate reviews as well as compensations. An active pro bono committee oversees pro bono activities at the firm. They identify probable initiatives besides nurturing and fostering the firm's pro bono program.
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