Shearman and Sterling Legal Assistant Program

Whether you`re a second-year law student, practicing lawyer, legal assistant, or support professional, choosing the right law firm is essential. Do you see yourself at Shearman & Sterling? Learn more about the professional support that sets us apart. Shearman & Sterling LLP is committed to fully including all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Shearman & Sterling LLP will ensure that reasonable accommodations are provided to people with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is required to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential professional duties and/or obtain other employment benefits and privileges, please contact the Company`s Human Resources department at mycareer_us@shearman.com. To learn more about our program, please read our U.S. Legal Assistant Program brochure. Shearman & Sterling offers many programs and initiatives to support your professional development at different stages of your career. All with the aim of helping our lawyers and paralegals remain competitive and develop professionally, intellectually and personally. Whether you are a career beginner, an experienced lawyer or a legal assistant, choosing the right law firm is a very personal decision. We want to know where you see yourself – now and in the future. As indispensable members of a highly motivated team, paralegals bring a wealth of talent and knowledge to the complex issues that characterize our global practice.

In fact, there are few places where lawyers can gain such extensive international experience. Our legal assistants frequently work on cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions and legal disciplines. We also value professional growth. Our lawyers provide ongoing advice and guidance to legal assistants so that they can gain the experience and skills necessary to provide the highest quality legal services to our clients. When you join Shearman & Sterling, you are part of a highly respected company with sophisticated, far-reaching practices and an extensive global presence. You`ll be part of a team that has earned a reputation for doing business successfully, no matter how complex, complex or challenging. We were one of the first law firms to establish ourselves in key markets around the world and this pioneering spirit continues to be an important part of our culture. Clients tell us they consistently choose us because of our ability to strategically leverage the collective knowledge, ideas, experiences, cultures and backgrounds of our legal teams to guide them successfully through their complex business transactions. The benefits of being a law clerk at Shearman & Sterling are numerous, and the firm`s shared commitment to progress and dynamic atmosphere attracts the best and brightest lawyers – those dedicated to creativity, teamwork and serving our clients around the world. Shearman & Sterling`s global practice is based on many years of legal expertise in a diverse and dynamic environment. Our success is based on the skills, versatility and dedication of the lawyers who practice here.

We look for exceptional people and offer them a supportive, challenging and demanding professional environment, in which they can become leaders in their fields of activity. Shearman & Sterling`s lawyers practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, litigation, banking, international arbitration, project development, antitrust, insolvency and tax. Our clients value our multidisciplinary team approach and our lawyers work together – across offices, firms and jurisdictions – to achieve exceptional results. Today, Shearman & Sterling employs approximately 75 legal assistants in more than 20 offices in 12 countries. Legal assistants represent a variety of academic and professional backgrounds and include both licensed and professional lawyers. The firm has one of the most comprehensive continuing education programs of any law firm with more than 500 programs planned this year. Developed by a professional educator and taught by law and business school professors across the country, as well as Shearman & Sterling lawyers, the program covers a wide range of topics, from corporate finance to ethics. Because we place great importance on professional growth, our partners and senior partners also provide ongoing professional support, advice and guidance to new lawyers. Shearman & Sterling is one of the few firms with a truly international practice where global teams work together on cross-border matters. Our lawyers are frequently located in Hong Kong, London and other major cities around the world to complete a multinational merger or collaborate in an international restructuring. Shearman & Sterling was one of the first companies to go international. Our long history and experience in several jurisdictions sets our firm – and our lawyers – apart.

We strive to provide this experience to our lawyers throughout their careers with the firm. If you have any questions about the firm`s Legal Assistant program, please send LegalAssistantRecruiting@Shearman.com an email. If you are interested in applying for the Legal Assistant program, please send a short cover letter along with a copy of your current resume and transcripts to the email address above. The firm is also proud to have been named one of the Top 25 Law Firms for Diversity in the 2013 Vault Law Ranking. Shearman & Sterling employees benefit from world-class training, external career development, office transfers and flexible career paths. The remuneration of partners is competitive with that of other large companies. In addition, employees are eligible for vacation, insurance, 401(k) and maternity/paternity benefits, as well as relocation and cash review reimbursements. Shearman & Sterling is an employer that promotes equal opportunity regardless of race or color, religion, nationality or ancestry, gender or gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, health status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Click on the link below to learn more about diversity initiatives in the company where diversity is not just a philosophy. It`s about who we are and how we do business, both with our customers and with each other. Shearman & Sterling has been a leader among international law firms in establishing a diversity committee comprised of partners and employees to foster and maintain an inclusive culture where everyone in the firm is valued. The company is strongly committed to hiring, retaining and developing employees of different races, cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, languages and experiences.