General Corporate 2027 Fall Associate

Cooley LLP; California (MO); On-site; USD 203,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Firm-paid life insurance

AD&D

Long-term disability (LTD)

Vacation 4 weeks/yr

Sick leave 2 weeks/yr

10 holidays/yr

Parental leave

Job summary

Cooley LLP is seeking 3L law students (JD 2027) to join the entry-level class in multiple offices across the U.S. The practice exposes you to a wide range of matters involving public and private companies, with a Vault #1 ranking for Emerging Companies & Venture Capital.

Strong writing and communication skills are essential, and a high academic record is preferred. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing, oral communication, and analytical skills are essential, with interest in corporate law.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior corporate or transactional experience is helpful but not required.
• Ideal candidates will have a high level of academic achievement from a nationally recognized law school.

Skills

Writing skills

Oral communication

Analytical skills

Education

Top law school

Job description

Overview

• Cooley's corporate practice offers exposure to a wide variety of matters involving public and private companies.
• Cooley has been consistently recognized by Vault as a top law firm for Emerging Companies & Venture Capital.
• Prior corporate or transactional experience is helpful but not required for this role.

Posting details

Cooley LLP’s General Corporate practice group is recruiting 3L law students (JD 2027) to join the entry level class in our Boston, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, DC offices. W e are recruiting 2027 JD graduates for this position. This is an opportunity to join a preeminent, internationally recognized corporate practice where you’ll get exposure to a wide variety of matters involving public and private companies. Cooley has been ranked by Vault as the #1 law firm for Emerging Companies & Venture Capital for nine consecutive years. To learn more about our market-leading corporate practice,

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Excellent writing, oral communication, and analytical skills are essential, along with a demonstrated interest in corporate law.
• The ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment is important.
• Prior corporate or transactional experience is helpful but not required.
• Ideal candidates will have a high level of academic achievement from a nationally recognized law school.

• The expected salary for this position is $225,000.
• We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits.
• In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year.
• We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits.
• New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.

EOE