McDermott Will & Emery Careers, Benefits, Review

We offer tangible programs, incentives and flexibility that support our commitment to a people-first culture. All of our benefits are designed with wellness in mind, with an eye toward promoting justice, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our diverse and inclusive culture helps us innovate, bring fresh perspectives to our clients and attract extraordinary team members. We also believe it’s the right thing to do.

For nearly a decade, we have driven sustainable change in our industry and communities as a recognized leader in workplace diversity. Everyone at our Firm has an opportunity to succeed through equal access to client development activities, rewarding work assignments and viable advancement options.

We’re particularly proud that:

• Through our Rise program, we suport emerging entrepreneurs of colors by offering free legal services to propel them to the next stage of their business.
  
  
• We achieved top rankings from respected industry sources Vault, Chambers Associate and The American Lawyer.
  
  
• Our robust Justice, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (JDEI) plan continues to emphasize our commitment to equality, building on existing advocacy, celebration and education programs.
  
  
• We also prioritize knocking down barriers facing our team members of color. It starts with hiring and promotion policies, from expanding our pool of diverse job candidates to matching lawyers of color with partner mentors to propel their career growth.
  
  
• Our Diversity Fellowship Program enables select first-year law students to participate in our summer associate program, and our retention and promotion initiatives aim to help all racially and ethnically diverse lawyers succeed.
  
  
• We rank among the 50 Best Law Firms for Women in Working Mother magazine.
  
  
• Our Mansfield 5.0 Certification Plus reinforces our commitment to hiring, retaining and promoting LGBTQ+ leaders.
  
  
• We have scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality for 16 consecutive years.

Our mantra #AlwaysBetter, inspires us to bring out our best to our clients, communities every day.

We take pride in our bold justice, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, our industry-leading health, wellness and personal benefits and our warm, people-focused culture.

We celebrate hard work and excellence, and we emphasize happiness, encouraging a rich, full life outside of the office.

We strive to be best in class in every aspect of our professional lives: in the sophisticated counsel, we provide to clients, in the quality of our services and in our dealings with clients, colleagues and our communities.

Why Work at McDermott?

• Vision: Our primary goal is to be our clients’ trusted advisor in their mission-critical endeavors, through our understanding of their business, our knowledge of their industries, and our commitment to providing premier, creative legal services for the best value on a global scale.
  
  
• Training, Mentoring & Professional Development: Our early-career lawyers, including first-year associates, receive focused attention, advice, and feedback that help align and achieve firm and lawyer goals.  We also believe that learning never stops, and provide ongoing CLE and other training.
  
  
• Top-Tier Talent: We nurture and promote talent within the Firm, seek first-year associates, lateral lawyers and non-legal professionals who share our goal of excellence and teamwork.
  
  
• Diversity & Inclusion: We are committed to a culture that values and nurtures individual strengths and team success.
  
  
• Competitive Compensation: Taken together, our merit-based compensation system combines base salary and incentives that meet, and often exceeds that of peer law firms.

Our core values guide our decisions and our approach to our relationships with clients and the communities we serve.

• Our clients’ goals are our goals
  
  
• We win by understanding their business, investing in their success and by putting their interests ahead of our own
  
  
• We love what we do and the good it creates
  
  
• The best relationships are built on honest communication, radical transparency and a healthy dose of fun
  
  
• We celebrate success, but aspire to be “Always Better”
  
  
• Excellence and happiness go hand in hand

In pursuit of success, we will:

• Prioritize solutions over ideas
  
  
• Bring our best to the table every day
  
  
• Stand together and support each other—always
  
  
• Embrace new and diverse perspectives
  
  
• Anticipate change and adapt quickly

A diverse, inclusive culture helps us innovate, bring fresh perspectives to our clients and attract extraordinary team members. We also believe it’s the right thing to do.

For nearly a decade, we have driven sustainable change in our industry and communities and are a recognized leader in workplace diversity. Everyone has an opportunity to succeed through equal access to client development activities, rewarding work assignments and viable advancement options.

We’re particularly proud of our:

• Comprehensive policies and programming that allow us to attract, nurture, retain and promote top talent from a wide range of backgrounds.
  
  
• Participation in programs that support diverse lawyers with tailored career and business development opportunities.
  
  
• Robust Justice, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (JDEI) plan that emphasizes our commitment to equality, building on existing advocacy, celebration and education programs.