 Development
Our reputation for excellence is built upon a foundation of hiring the best people and providing them with outstanding training. We are dedicated to ongoing professional development, with offerings that include:
- A firmwide orientation program for new associates
- A Trial Advocacy Training Program designed to help associates improve oral advocacy skills through presentations and mock trials
- A mentoring program in which new associates are paired with more senior lawyers
- Training programs approved for state CLE credit
- Seminars on legal writing, financial analysis and mock closings
- The Annual Corporate College for new associates in transactional groups
- The Annual Mid-Level Associates Conference for fifth-year associates, focusing on issues such as client relationships, professional development and practice development.
All associates are hired with the hope and expectation that they will find working at Sidley a rewarding experience, and that in time they will be considered for partnership. As a benchmark for professional development and advancement toward partnership, associates are evaluated on a twice-yearly basis.
The firm's policy regarding compensation and development also includes:
- Performance-based salary distinctions for most mid-level and senior associates
- Bonuses that reflect and reward associates' contributions to the firm
- Consideration for partnership an average of eight years after law school
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