Hiring process

Candidates should apply in writing to:

Legal Recruiting, Visiting Lawyers Program
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004-2498
Phone: +1-212-558-4000
Fax: +1-212-558-3588
E-mail: legalrecruiting@sullcrom.com

Applications should be submitted as early as possible, but in no event later than the end of January in the year in which applicants wish to join the program. Applications should include a resume, a transcript from the home-country law school and, if applicable, a transcript from any U.S. law school attended. Applications should also include a statement of the candidate’s intentions following completion of the program, such as return to a specific home country firm, further academic work or practice of law in the U.S.

All of the applicants are carefully considered, and a small number of candidates are invited to our New York office for an interview. S&C will reimburse the travel costs of applicants coming from law schools within the United States. The current employers of applicants traveling from overseas are expected to bear the costs of travel to New York. It is not normally possible for candidates to be interviewed only at a Sullivan & Cromwell office outside New York.

We usually select the final candidates for the Visiting Lawyers Program in February or March for the program beginning in September. Because of the small size of the program and our desire to have lawyers from a broad range of countries represented over time, we are obliged to turn down many highly qualified candidates of exceptional merit.