We recruit primarily from the top of law school classes and judicial clerkships. We look for the highest academic and nonacademic achievement, initiative and a variety of backgrounds and talents. We strive to find exceptional lawyers who share our commitment to excellence and who will be collaborative and supportive colleagues.
Our lawyers will visit over 30 law schools and job fairs in fall 2008 to recruit summer and full-time associates. We strongly encourage qualified applicants at law school campuses that we are unable to visit to send their resumes and transcripts to our director of legal recruiting.
After preliminary interviews on campus, we invite the students we consider most qualified to New York or Menlo Park for further interviews. The firm reimburses for travel, hotel and meal expenses.
Second-round or call-back interviews are scheduled daily at 10:15 am, 10:30 am, 2:00 pm and 2:15 pm. An applicant can expect to meet with two partners and three or four associates. Students who schedule a morning interview are welcome to join two associates for lunch. The call-back interview usually takes between three to four hours.
Davis Polk’s recruiting committee, comprised of 13 partners, meets regularly during the fall recruiting season to make hiring decisions. To ensure fair and equal consideration of all applicants, we do not make on-the-spot offers. We will inform applicants of offers shortly after their callback interviews.
We encourage students with offers to come back to Davis Polk for a return visit to meet additional people and get answers to whatever remaining questions they may have about the firm. We will reimburse reasonable travel, hotel and meal expenses for a return visit.
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