Promise Legal People

Creative, Passionate Lawyering for Creative, Passionate People

Promise Legal is Looking for Talent

Are you a rainmaker or a workhorse? You decide.

Competitive Pay

20% of what Promise Legal collects in fees for origination.
60% of what Promise Legal collects in fees based on working a project.
Equal split of fees with collaborators. No haggling.

Flexibility and Clear Deadlines

As a Promise Legal Attorney, you only take on the tasks you want. Every task comes with clear deadlines and expectations, so you know what you’re signing up for.

Training and Fee Recovery

If you submit work that isn’t deliverable to the client, you still earn your fee if you participate in a feedback session. Rubrics will be offered ahead of time as often as possible.

Run Efficiently. Run Lean.

Learn how to be a nimble practitioner, leveraging the latest in technology and trying new things to improve the client experience.

Live in the 21st Century

We are committed to inclusivity and equity, and seek the most talented team members who bring their true selves, with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We are interested in receiving applications from people who consider themselves as under-represented in the legal community.

Culture and Fit

Vision

We want to provide elite legal services across the socioeconomic spectrum.
Client Experience
We want to be leaders of the legal industry in legal scholarship and adoption of cutting-edge technology.
Legal Leadership
Jobs, careers, and internships are not a replacement for family, friends, health, or happiness. Working with or for Promise Legal will be a small but significant piece of our team members’ lives, and opportunities will fit well with the vision that team members have for their lives.
Team Satisfaction
We want to be known for engaging with our community, providing pro bono legal services to those in need, and speaking up in the political process.

Community Participation
Promise Legal services and opportunities are for everyone. Whether or not people choose to take advantage of Promise Legal offerings, Promise Legal will make those opportunities known and accessible for all.
Creating Opportunity

Mission

We refuse to be bound by unnecessary traditions of the legal industry.
Question the Premise
We encourage open communication in all contexts.
Be Welcoming
We commit to requiring our attorneys to be members of the Texas Pro Bono College.



Give Back
Our mission, vision, and values are driven by people. Therefore, our mission, vision, and values are open to change based on our people. All team members are encouraged to be part of our process and voice their opinions on the firm culture.
Culture Buy-In

Values

Thinking outside the box in the execution and delivery of legal services is what leads to breakthroughs, job satisfaction, and happy stakeholders.
Creativity
The ability to push through adversity and see things through to the end is how opportunities are created.
Drive
Life is inherently valuable, and treatment of the people in one’s life should not commodify their existence.
Equity
Every person brings something to the table and should be celebrated.
Individuality
There is a first for everything, and the world is made better when something new is created.
Innovation

You might be a good fit if...

Interested applicants can submit their resume and a cover letter (in email format) to [email protected]. Please submit a regular copy of your resume, and a copy without personally identifying information, such as name, age, gender, marital status, address, or photo.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.

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