The BBK Way: Culture, Community & Equal Opportunity
Best Best & Krieger LLP fosters a collaborative workplace that’s rooted in community, culture and equal opportunity. Our firm’s mission is centered on cultivating and promoting a workplace and law firm that reflects the broad range of ideas, backgrounds and experiences of the clients and communities we serve.
Our commitment to maintaining a firm that provides excellent client service and a culture rooted in community and equal opportunity for everyone is something we practice every day.
Providing everyone an opportunity for growth and success is an essential component of the BBK Way. Our people succeed by learning through strong mentorship, participating in firm-wide programs and events and utilizing resources available to all of our professionals.
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), open to all BBK attorneys and staff, provide opportunities for our professionals to organize and participate in educational programs, cultural celebrations, community events and trainings to gain exposure and understand what makes everyone unique. We value different perspectives and opinions and provide forums to discuss how to further the “BBK Way”.
The BBK Way
- Understanding the impact of our work
- Making the world better for our clients, families and ourselves
- Continuing our long standing practice of doing the right thing
- Collaborative and solution oriented
- Serving our communities no matter where we go
- Providing everyone an opportunity for growth and success
At BBK we understand the impact of our work and have a long standing history of striving to make a positive impact in the communities in which we live and work through collaboration with and sponsorship of a variety of organizations.
We honor the range of backgrounds and perspectives that are the cornerstone of our firm, and constantly monitor our efforts to ensure continual improvement. The firm organizes sponsored programs and implements initiatives to ensure engagement, support, ongoing education and open forums addressing the needs of our people and communities. View more about these initiatives here.
An ongoing recruitment goal of BBK is to continue to increase the variety of life experience among our attorneys and staff. The value of different perspectives for BBK, our legal services and our clients, comes from the melding of differing experiences, cultures, talents, viewpoints and styles to drive creative and innovative solutions. We leverage these perspectives to approach complex legal issues in a way that provides the best outcomes for our clients. Our Recruiting Committee works in tandem with the Community & Culture Leaders to grow, maintain and support all of our talented professionals.
We are always actively seeking opportunities to attract, retain, and advance individuals from various backgrounds at all levels of our firm. This includes our eight-week summer clerk positions, entry-level hires, and lateral hires. We also offer a number of fellowship and scholarship programs. Learn more about BBK’s strategic recruiting efforts by visiting our Careers page.
- First Year Law Student Fellowship/Scholarship Program
- Our culture is one that respects differences and recognizes unique perspectives. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting attorneys and staff of different backgrounds. With those goals in mind, we created the First Year Law Student Fellowship/Scholarship Program in 2014. This program provides the recipient with a paid summer associate position in one of our participating offices. To qualify for the $10,000 academic scholarship, the law student selected must receive and accept the offer to return to BBK the following summer. The $10,000 scholarship will be paid following completion of the student’s second summer with BBK.
- The application period for first years opens annually on December 1.
- Art L. Littleworth Scholarship
- BBK, in partnership with the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), sponsors the Arthur L. Littleworth Best Best & Krieger Scholarship. This annual program was established in honor of the late Art Littleworth, a longtime BBK partner, water law and policy visionary, and respected civil rights advocate.
- Through this program, BBK and ACWA annually awards a $10,000 scholarship, disbursed evenly over a four-year period, to a qualified undergraduate student who demonstrates a passion for and career trajectory in water law in California. The recipient also receives mentorship opportunities with BBK and an invitation to attend ACWA’s annual Spring Conference.
- The application period for our Art L. Littleworth Scholarship opens annually on December 15
