The type of pro bono work we do is diverse. In addition, we have provided incoming first-year lawyers with PILI fellowships to work in public interest positions over the summer after graduation from law school. Finally, through the Goldberg, Kohn Foundation, we have provided financial assistance to the legal clinics at both Northwestern and the University of Chicago Law Schools. The firm has a formal policy that can be provided to candidates upon request. Associates are hired by the firm.
Associates typically choose to concentrate their practices in a particular practice group.
The firm is flexible with respect to an associate's practice group choice and is generally willing to allow associates to split between two practice groups. Associates are not required to specialize within a practice group, but the firm attempts to accommodate their desire to do so. The firm is also willing to devote significant resources to permitting associates to develop new specialties. Projects are assigned by the principals on an informal basis. The principals within a practice group strive to provide the associates practicing in their area with a wide range of experiences, in terms of both substance and the opportunity to work with a variety of principals.