Nearly five years ago, Hewlett-Packard Co.’s law department began hiring and training lawyers right out of law school. The tech giant has lured top talent from some of the nation’s best law schools. The new recruits have impressed their colleagues, and they also seem pleased with the match. The lawyer who oversees the program touts an 85 percent retention rate. Not many companies have embraced this model, but HP seems very happy with the results.
But the company’s general counsel says he’d like to see that number dip just a bit. His fondest wish for the program, says John Schultz, is that a big law firm hires away one of his budding young stars. “That’s what I wait and hope for,” he says.
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