Careers and Opportunities

We are committed to giving our young lawyers experience in client matters that will provide them with immediate exposure to a wide array of areas of law. In the more than 50 years that we have been in business, we have made a practice of taking on cases that are unusual and complex, many of which are the type of that other firms are unwilling to take on.

This means that a young lawyer’s experience at JGL is far from routine. We are not afraid to propose solutions to clients’ problems that may go where the law has not gone before. And we encourage our associates to think in those innovative ways as well.

We are also committed to assisting young lawyers in their professional growth. Many of our partners have been practicing for more than 30 years and have experience in the law of our local jurisdictions and in the courts that is almost unrivaled. Our principals and our other experienced lawyers are always ready to help younger lawyers increase their knowledge and expertise. In fact, many of our associates started out at the firm as law clerks while they were still in law school and benefited from the guidance of our attorneys even before they graduated. Almost all of our associates, in addition, are former judicial clerks.

It is often said these days that in major law firms, the old-fashioned informal system in which partners take associates under their wings and show them how things are to be done has broken down. Some say that this is because of the increased pressures within the legal profession to develop new business; less time remains for the traditional mentoring role of experienced attorneys.