Orrick is a forward-looking, inclusive law firm focused on advising clients in three sectors: technology & innovation, energy & infrastructure and finance. We help the world’s most disruptive companies to innovate by doing deals, resolving dispute...
Pros
The firm has incredible infrastructure and resources to help you grow. The flow is good, it's dynamic and high level work. I love that they let you apply pro bono hours to EOY billables.Cons
In my department, there was a focus on billable hours that felt like it got in the way of substantive work at times. The trick is to figure out how to juggle all the things and not get burned out - one needs to become a master of time management and continual nourishment.We focus more than 90% of our practice on three interconnected sectors that will drive the economy of the future. This enables us to get to know our clients’ markets and business and deliver actionable, commercial advice. Our clients include:
Tech & Innovation
Energy & Infrastructure
Finance
We offer top-tier legal support in areas key to our clients’ businesses. Orrick ranks:
Law 360 has recognized us as:
Litigation, IP and Regulation comprise half of our practice. We represent more than a third of the Fortune 100 and offer top-tier legal support in areas key to our clients’ businesses.
We work hard to make Orrick a best place to work for lawyers and staff.
Fortune ranked us No. 13 on its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S. in 2022, our seventh year in a row on the list and our second time in the top 15. Here are some ways we embody a commitment to being a best place to work:
Flexibility: A New Way to Work
We’re rethinking our workplace and designing a hybrid approach based on listening to our people.
Wellness and Personal Sustainability
Professional Development
Mentoring
We’ve shifted the focus of our mentoring program to emphasize connectivity over proximity. We redesigned our materials and resources to better support hybrid mentoring, help mentoring pairs make the most of their meetings and encourage accountability for their goals.
Sponsorship
At about six years into practice, we pair associates interested in partnership with a sponsor, who coaches them through the consideration process and supports their success as a partner. We offer regular panel discussions to demystify the path to partnership. We pair Black and Latinx lawyers with a senior leader as their sponsor.
Learning
We offer 300+ courses a year on legal and business topics – and up to 60 hours a year of bonus-eligible time for training for lawyers. Junior associates jump in with bootcamps in areas such IP, trial skills and working with startups. To hone business skills, our curriculum includes three intensive academies at key career advancement points. Our academy for new associates sets up a great first year at Orrick, while our senior associates complete a mini-MBA. Professional staff expand technical and soft skills through live and recorded trainings; we offer a variety of training options for managers.
Impactful Work for Innovative Clients
As an associate, it’s essential to get in the reps to develop excellence. At Orrick, associates get that experience through meaningful roles on teams delivering impactful work for innovative clients.
Our goal is to be the most diverse and inclusive firm in the sectors in which we focus. We work toward that goal by integrating diversity, equity and inclusion into everything we do – so you can bring your whole heart and mind to your work.
Supporting and Connecting Our Team
Recruiting and hiring, training and mentoring, inclusion and career development
We believe we have a heightened responsibility to make a social impact. As lawyers, we take that duty seriously.
Racial Justice Fellowship Program
We launched the Orrick Racial Justice Fellowship Program to use our skills as lawyers to help create a more just and equitable world. We launched the program in 2021 and have committed to supporting it for several years.
Each year, five experienced lawyers embed for a full year with leading justice organizations – without missing a beat in career advancement or compensation.
In 2022, our Racial Justice Fellows worked with:
Watch our Racial Justice Fellows share learnings from their work on the front lines in 2022 to make our communities more equitable and inclusive.
Pro Bono
Pro bono managers help our lawyers choose projects that interest and inspire them.
The American Lawyer named Orrick the No. 1 law firm in the U.S. for pro bono impact in 2022. Law360 ranked us No. 1 in Social Impact in 2022.
Taking a Stand
We take a stand – and act – on issues that impact members of our team, including on topics of racial and gender justice and equity. We have spoken out against racial injustice and violence and in support of people affected by the Dobbs decision.
Orrick Cares
Long a part of our culture, this program offers individuals and teams the opportunity to make a social impact through volunteerism and firm-matching contributions of their charitable giving.
We believe we have a heightened responsibility to make a social impact. As lawyers, we take that duty seriously.
Racial Justice Fellowship Program
We launched the Orrick Racial Justice Fellowship Program to use our skills as lawyers to help create a more just and equitable world. We launched the program in 2021 and have committed to supporting it for several years.
Each year, five experienced lawyers embed for a full year with leading justice organizations – without missing a beat in career advancement or compensation.
In 2022, our Racial Justice Fellows worked with:
Pro Bono
Pro bono managers help our lawyers choose projects that interest and inspire them.
The American Lawyer named Orrick the No. 1 law firm in the U.S. for pro bono impact in 2022. Law360 ranked us No. 1 in Social Impact in 2022.
Taking a Stand
We take a stand – and act – on issues that impact members of our team, including on topics of racial and gender justice and equity. We have spoken out against racial injustice and violence and in support of people affected by the Dobbs decision.
Orrick Cares
Long a part of our culture, this program offers individuals and teams the opportunity to make a social impact through volunteerism and firm-matching contributions of their charitable giving.
100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2021 #2 Best Firm to Work For, #1 for Tech & Innovation and #2 for Wellness, Vault, 2021 Top Firms for Gender Equity & Family Friendliness, Yale Law Women, 2021 #5 on the A-List, The American Lawyer, 2020 Most Digital Law Firm in North America (2020), #1 Most Innovative Law Firm in North America (2016-2018) and runner-up (2019-2020), Financial Times, 2020