Junior-Mid-Level Environment Associate
Location: Denver, Colorado
Employer: Vault/AmLaw Top 25
Experience Requirement: 2-6 years of environmental, natural resources law and litigation experience. Must have education and practical experience in the areas of natural resources development, air and water quality, solid and hazardous waste law, water law and/or federal and state administrative agency law and regulation.
Key Characteristics:
- Must be willing to travel
- Prior experience as a judicial clerk, or at a national law firm, an outstanding local firm, or a federal or state environmental agency, department of justice, or attorney general office is preferred
- Western state bar admissions (in addition to required CO) a plus
Academics: Strong performance in law school
Bar Admission Requirement: Colorado
Compensation: Top of market based on office location/experience
Signing Bonus: Yes
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Important note to all potential candidates
Carlyle Search Group recruits for many of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world. These firms have become “biglaw” because they hire the very best and brightest. You should only inquire about this opportunity if you are exceptional.
You must possess ALL of the following if you are seeking to lateral into one of the biglaw firms we work with:
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills, with ability to set priorities, manage expectations and perform multiple tasks simultaneously
- Excellent/polished legal writing/drafting skills
- Possesses strong attention to detail
- Strong people/interpersonal skills including an ability to interface effectively with all levels of stakeholders
- Ability to competently and professionally interface with business partners of all levels of seniority
- Superior negotiation skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong work ethic/willingness to work hard
- Dependable
- High degree of maturity
- Possesses a strong desire to learn and expand legal skill set
- Keen interest and enjoyment of complex transactions
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Excellent research abilities
- Willingness to accept significant responsibility
- Comfortable working directly with clients
- Dedicated to providing clients with the highest quality legal services
- Team player
- Self-starter who is sharp, quick to pick up new concepts, takes initiative and willing to dig in and become an “expert” as needs arise
- Flexibility and adaptability with respect to assigned tasks and engagements due to changing deadlines, deliverables, and task priorities
- Ability to take a practical approach to the practice of law taking into account the dynamics of a deal and the needs of the particular clients
- Possesses leadership skills