Many Yale Law School alumni, including Co-Chair Bob Giuffra (YLS ’87), hold significant leadership roles at the Firm as members of its Managing Committee, Associate Experience Committee, Diversity Committee, Pro Bono Committee, and Women’s Initiative Committee and as managing partners of practice areas. In addition, YLS alumni at the Firm are active members of each of its affinity groups.
In keeping with YLS graduates’ excellent record of securing clerkships, over one-third of YLS alumni at S&C have clerked, including at the federal appellate level and for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yale Law School alumni who join the Firm go on to pursue a range of prestigious opportunities, in addition to becoming partners at S&C. 15 Firm alumni who attended YLS are on law school faculties. Others serve in government, including as Assistant U.S. Attorneys; as counsel to and management for Fortune 500 companies and other businesses, including Alibaba Group Vice Chair Joseph Tsai; and as lawyers in private practice.