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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Main Office: 650 Page Mill Road | Palo Alto | CA | 94304-1050
Phone: 650-493-9300 | Fax: 650-493-6811

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.

Hiring Criteria

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati recruits third-year law students whose academic and professional experience will enhance the quality and breadth of the services they provide to their clients. Interested candidates must submit their applications along with their cover letter, r

Pro bono

The firm has a strong commitment to Pro bono and believes in enhancing the communities in which they live and work by providing legal services, financial support, and volunteer services to worthy agencies and individuals in need.

The firm provides first-rate legal services to people and organizations with limited means. The firm devotes three percent of their total billable hours to pro bono activities and attorneys are always encouraged to contribute to the firm's pro bono effort.

In fiscal year 2012 alone, the firm's attorneys and other professionals provided more than 36,000 hours of pro bono legal work across the country. Over the years, Wilson Sonsini attorneys have provided pro bono assistance to approximately 400 nonprofit agencies in fields such as healthcare, education, the arts, and the environment, as well as to numerous individuals.

The firm's services have ranged from defending an appeal of a groundbreaking $4 million verdict against a former operative of a Chilean dictatorship to defending a former federal prosecutor against unfair claims of copyright infringement brought by a major non-practicing entity. The firm has also secured a favorable UN ruling regarding the illegal arrest and detention of a prominent Iranian human rights activist and represented victims of persecution in a diverse array of discrimination, domestic violence, and asylum cases.

The firm has been widely recognized for its pro bono efforts. The State Bar of California honored the firm's efforts with its President's Pro Bono Service Award in the large firm category and the firm has received the Bar Association of San Francisco's Outstanding Law Firm in Public Service Award.