Career Stories

By empowering associates to shape their futures, Kirkland creates a culture of openness and opportunity.

Kirkland believes strongly in early responsibility. From day one, I’ve been staffed on assignments or deals directly with partners.

Kirkland is a teamwork-oriented place where everyone’s ideas are important and valued.

Kirkland facilitates creative thinking and problem-solving early on.

Our in-house training provides the opportunity to learn from the best in the industry, which in turn enables us to benefit from early courtroom experience.

Kirkland takes as much pride in its attorneys’ wellbeing, positive attitudes and general kindness as it does in closing deals and winning trials.

At Kirkland, you are in charge of your career and your trajectory; you can actively direct your path.

Early in my career, I’ve led transactions valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. I thought it would be 10 to 15 years before I’d have the opportunity to do that. If you show you can handle it, the Firm lets you run with it.

At Kirkland, you get to do interesting work the day you start, you learn at a remarkably fast pace, and the opportunities are endless.

The open assignment system is one of the things I like most about Kirkland. I get to work on the matters I’m interested in, with the people I want to work with.