Job Survey: Associate Attorney

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Location: New York Company: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Experience: Entry-level Highest Level of Education: JD or LLM

Job Responsibilities Researching cases and writing briefs (25%); supervising other attorneys and producing documents (50%); talking with clients and strategizing cases (25%). Job Requirements Law degree. Uppers High pay, high level of responsibility, interesting, front-page work. Downers Long long hours. Lifestyle Long long hours. Business travel limited, but available. Dress code is casual. Very diverse law firm and very casual, nice, and intellectual atmosphere. Compensation Base salary $125,000 + $20,000 bonus; full year gym membership; moving fees paid; work late meals paid; car service to get home; matching gifts to law school Advice to Jobseekers There will always be jobs -- need a top school and good grades to get a job with Cleary, though. This Associate Attorney career survey is just one of 1000s of exclusive career surveys available on Vault. Find out what it's actually like on the job with Vault's job surveys. Read all Vault Career Surveys for the inside scoop on specific jobs Read Vault Employee Surveys for the inside scoop on specific employers Read Vault Student/Alumni Surveys for the inside scoop on colleges and grad schools