Description:
As part of Arnold & Porter's Foreign Attorney Program, our Washington, DC and New York offices are seeking foreign attorneys with bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, or Japanese and strong written skills in both English and their secondary language, to work with the International Arbitration/Trade and Corporate groups in a temporary position for a term of approximately six months. Our arbitration practice features cases before ICSID, the ICC, and other arbitral forms. Our trade practice advises corporations, governments, trade associations, and nongovernmental organizations on the full range of legal issues encompassing international trade regulation and disputes. Our corporate practice advises corporations, governments, and multilateral and bilateral agencies on cross-border M&A, financing and capital market transactions.The Arnold & Porter Foreign Attorney Program is designed to allow foreign attorneys to understand firsthand the variety of services that our attorneys provide for their clients. Foreign attorneys participate in a program that allows them to observe and participate in US law firm practice and learn about various legal proceedings (including international arbitration and international trade proceedings, and US court proceedings), and transactions (including US corporate and sovereign finance transactions). Foreign attorneys attend firm seminars and training programs on US legal issues and international legal issues, and actively observe and participate in cases in their areas of practice, including attending client meetings, hearings, strategy sessions and reviewing relevant case documents. Foreign attorneys also undertake legal research and writing. Foreign attorneys work collaboratively with Arnold & Porter attorneys on various matters.
Qualified applicants must have, at a minimum, a law degree-equivalent at a university in the foreign attorney's home country, bar membership in the foreign attorney's home country, and preferably also an LLM degree from an ABA accredited US law school (or current enrollment in such an LLM program). Applicants must have bilingual fluency in English and at least one of the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, or Japanese to be considered for a position in our Foreign Attorney Program. Finally, all applicants should have excellent professional and academic credentials and references.
The salary for this position in New York and Washington, DC is $175,000, commensurate with experience.
Countries Of First Law Degree:
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Japan
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
South Korea
Spain
Uruguay
Venezuela
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