The recruitment process

Our Minimum Requirements

We are looking for a minimum of 6 highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in tax and/or estate planning to join our 2008 summer program.   Whilst our summer program is based out of New Haven, we will place  our summers in New York, New Haven and London according to our needs and candidate preferences.

A solid academic background a must.  Candidates must be highly personable to ensure that relationships can be built and maintained with clients.

On Campus recruitment

If you are studying in the US, apply for the opportunity to meet us on Campus at one of our Recruiting Days by contacting your placement office at Law School.   We visit the following law schools.

  • American University
  • Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
  • Boston College Law School
  • Boston University School of Law
  • University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Cornell Law School
  • Emory University School of Law
  • Fordham University School of Law
  • Harvard Law School
  • New York University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Syracuse University College of Law
  • Vanderbilt University Law School
  • Yale Law School

Law School visits take place in August and September and are followed up with more indepth discussions back at our New Haven office.  Candidates invited back to the office can expect to spend half a day talking with a cross section of our partners and associates. Click here to read what one of our current associates has to say about the recruitment process.

How to apply

Your placement office will notify you of the date of the firm's on campus visit and will invite you to submit your resume.  We will be interviewing 2Ls and 3Ls for prospective summer associate and first year associate positions.  We do not currently interview 1L candidates.

If we are not visiting your Law School and you have a strong interest in our work, we would be happy to hear  from you directly.  Please use our online recruitment system to make a direct application. 

Salary and Benefits

Our summer associates are paid the rate of our first year associates - $125,000 per year prorated.