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Fish & Richardson. follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
Fish hires candidates with excellent academic credentials, superior writing ability and those with a scientific or technical background for patent prosecution practice only. Interested candidates can either sign up for an interview if they currently attend one of the law schools that is on the firm's interview schedule they should apply online with a completed application form, current resume, law school transcript, undergraduate transcript and other graduate program transcript and a writing script. If selected for a callback interview, the candidate will receive a callback invitation from a member of the Recruiting Department. During the callback interview, students typically meet with a member of the Recruiting Department and four to six attorneys. Morning interviews conclude with a lunch with a couple of attorneys. The firm responds to interviewed candidates within a week or two weeks. The firm adheres to the NALP offer guidelines extended to law students for summer and postgraduate positions.
The firm is committed to making pro bono work an integral part of its professional culture, and it strongly encourages all of its legal professionals to take on pro bono matters as an essential part of their professional lives. The firm backs this commitment by providing its attorneys with full hours credit for approved pro bono matters, and by assigning a principal-level attorney in each of its U.S. offices with the task of seeking out and publicizing local pro bono opportunities. Every year the firm's attorneys contribute a considerable number of pro bono hours to serve the legal needs of individuals and nonprofit organizations, benefiting the communities where they live and work. Last year Fish lawyers contributed on an average 30 hours per attorney towards pro bono work and this year, 2012, they are likely to outpace that number. The firms pro bono efforts have helped obtain citizenship for immigrant children fleeing abuse and violence in their home countries to preserving intellectual property rights for income-qualifying inventors and nonprofit organizations. Since 2009, Fish has been engaged in a partnership with Kids in Need of Defense, a coalition founded by Microsoft and Angelina Jolie, to provide legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children in the US. The American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project named Fish & Richardson as recipient of the 2012 Exceptional Service Award for its commitment and dedication to the representation of prisoners on death row.
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