Law Clerk Program
The Bakersfield office of Klein, DeNatale, Goldner hires law clerks as part of its overall recruitment program. Working at KDG exposes clerks to our practice areas, attorneys, and staff. It allows us to evaluate clerks for potential employment and allows clerks to evaluate working in a firm, generally, and working for KDG, specifically.
KDG's program provides clerks with exposure to many practice areas, exceptional mentors, excellent training, and engaging social activities.
KDG is proud to offer opportunities to 1L, 2L, and 3L clerks (post-graduation, pending bar results). Strong preference is given to candidates in the top third of their class with a connection to the Central Valley.
Qualified candidates should submit their resume, transcript, and writing sample to Shannon McNeill, Chief Administrative Officer, smcneill@kleinlaw.com.
2020 Post Grad Law Clerks
Congratulations to our very own post grad law clerks, Mohammed Rashik and
Alex Dominguez, on their recent law school graduations!
Mohammed Rashik, “The final semester of law school came to a strange end due to
the fully remote classes, exams, and graduation celebrations. In addition
to studying for the bar, I'm currently working remotely for KDG. When
the bar exam got pushed back to September, KDG was very flexible in my
work load and schedule to accommodate my bar studies. The practical skills
I'm learning while working for KDG are proving to be invaluable for both
the substantive knowledge and essay writing skills on the bar. In fact,
over the past 2 years at KDG, I've probably worked on a project in every
legal area of expertise except criminal law! I'm excited to continue working
on complex and interesting projects for KDG as a licensed attorney in
the near future!”
Alex Dominguez, “There is a saying at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss),
“The University is respected, but Ole Miss is loved. The University
gives a diploma and regretfully terminates tenure, but one never graduates
from Ole Miss.”
May 9, 2020, I
virtually received my diploma from the Ole Miss School of Law. While it was not the
commencement ceremony I wanted, the weight of that day will always carry
with me. When I graduated from CSU, Bakersfield in 2017, I became the
first in my family to obtain a four-year degree. Never did my parents
imagine that I would then go well beyond that to earn a law degree. Now,
just one more hurdle to accomplish: the California Bar Exam.
I recently started my bar prep course though Barbri. I am looking at six
hours a day of intense studying for the next 93 days to properly and effectively
prepare for the delayed Bar Exam on September 9th and 10th. I know this is going to be a long twelve weeks, but the goal is worth
every second of lecture and every MBE question answered.
I couldn’t be more excited to practice alongside my (future) fellow
attorneys at Klein DeNatale Goldner (KDG). Since receiving my offer during
my 2L summer, I have been able to continue my clerkship with KDG remotely,
both while at Ole Miss and when classes were moved online, and I returned
to Bakersfield. It’s hard to believe that a whole year has gone
by since I began working for KDG last summer. I have learned so much and
have been given tremendous responsibilities.
I especially begin to realize how unique KDG’s work environment is
when I talk to friends who went into “big law.” They rarely
get facetime with Partners. They either receive menial assignments, or
the same repetitive tasks. They are treated like one of many. I have experienced
the complete opposite with KDG. Even though KDG has grown to one of the
biggest firms in Kern County, I regularly meet with Partners, especially
our firm’s Managing Partner, Joe Hughes. I have had the opportunity
to work on a wide variety of issues and actually get to interact with
the clients. I am treated like a part of the team each and every day.
I’ll miss Ole Miss, but I am ready to get to work.”
2020 Remote Summer Law Clerks
This year’s Summer Law Clerk Program is entirely remote.
Pictured left to right: Marius Mateescu, UCLA School of Law | Nick Little, UCLA School of Law | Carly Marshall, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law | Marshall Thomas, University of Oregon School of Law | Daniel Zhivanaj, UCLA School of Law | John Frick, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law | Jenna Anderson, Santa Clara University School of Law | Blake Whitacre, Santa Clara University School of Law.
