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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

Main Office: 425 Lexington Avenue | New York City | NY |
Phone: 212-455-2000 | Fax: 212-455-2502

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.

Hiring Criteria

Simpson Thacher looks for candidates with records of distinguished achievement, commitment to excellence and ability to work cooperatively with clients and colleagues. It hires law students of the very highest caliber. The firm provides training and experience, one-on-one mentoring, a commitment to diversity, and an open, friendly atmosphere.

The firm hosts interviews - each less than half an hour - and recruits at job fairs at over 30 campuses nationwide. On completion of its on-campus interviews, the firm invites eligible candidates to visit the firm in New York City at the firm's expense for further interviews with partners and associates.

If the candidate is found suitable to the firm and its culture, he or she will be offered to join as a summer associate.

Pro bono

Simpson Thacher's commitment to pro bono work is significant. The firm's achievements include its epic victory on behalf of New York City public school children in the Campaign For Fiscal Equity. The Firm's ten-year dedication to the New York City schools case is one of the largest pro bono commitments by any law firm.

The firm also represents inmates on death row, asylum seekers, trafficking victims, indigenous Nicaraguans seeking to preserve their land claims, struggling micro-entrepreneurs, and non-governmental organizations such as Doctors Without Borders.

Simpson Thacher has handled on pro bono basis matters involving The Legal Aid Society, the Lawyers Alliance for New York, Legal Services for New York City, Human Rights First and the City Bar Justice Center among several others.