Governed signal Official source
SIG-218: Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary says summer-associate hiring decisions consider prior work experience, judgment, interpersonal skills and demonstrated academic performance, and do not rely primarily on a minimum GPA requirement.
Observed · United States · Summer Associate recruiting · Candidate selection factors / GPA policy
Evidence passage recorded against the source
Our hiring decisions are based on many factors, including prior work experience, outstanding judgment, interpersonal skills and demonstrated high academic performance in both your legal and undergraduate studies. We do not rely primarily on a minimum GPA requirement.
LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.
Scope as recorded
- Institution
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Market
- United States
- Programme or route
- Summer Associate recruiting
- Category
- Candidate selection factors / GPA policy
- Observed
- Verification
- Verified 14 Sep 2026
- Publication ruling
- Safe with source
- Record status
- Active
- Corpus layer
- Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-21-2026-09-14.csv)
Official source record
https://www.clearygottlieb.com/legal-recruiting/frequently-asked-questions
SRC-135 · retrieved 14 September 2026 · Official firm recruiting FAQ retrieval · source record page · supports 4 signals
- Summer-associate applications explicitly reviewed on a rolling basis
- Virtual screener interview, callback modality choice and four-attorney 30-minute callback format
LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.
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Related signals
Cite this object
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-218 Cleary Gottlieb, observed 14 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/signals/SIG-218/
Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.