Law Clerk Intern - Staff Legal

Description

The Details

Are you interested in gaining hands-on legal experience and learning what it’s like to support active litigation matters? At Liberty Mutual, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced attorneys and legal professionals while building practical skills that complement your law school education.

As a Law Clerk within Liberty Mutual Staff Legal, you’ll gain exposure to substantive legal work including research, drafting, case analysis, and litigation preparation. This is an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom while developing a deeper understanding of legal practice in an in-house environment.

What you’ll do:

• Assist attorneys with drafting legal memoranda, briefs, motions, pleadings, correspondence, and other legal documents.
• Conduct legal research using electronic and other legal research resources.
• Review case files, records, deposition transcripts, and other materials to identify relevant facts and legal issues.
• Prepare case summaries, chronologies, and research findings for attorney review.
• Support discovery and other case-development activities.
• Assist attorneys with preparation for depositions, hearings, mediations, and trials, and attend these events to see the process firsthand and report back to the client.
• Participate in team meetings, training, and development opportunities while receiving guidance and feedback from experienced legal professionals.

Qualifications

What You’ve Got

• You’re currently enrolled in a Juris Doctor program and will be entering your second or third year of law school at the start of the program.
• You have an interest in litigation, insurance law, civil practice, or related areas of legal work.
• You bring strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills.
• You have strong attention to detail and are able to organize and evaluate complex information.
• You bring strong communication and organization skills and are comfortable managing multiple assignments and deadlines.
• You are naturally curious, eager to learn, and receptive to coaching and feedback.
• You enjoy working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment and can adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience with legal research platforms such as Westlaw or LexisNexis is a plus.
• Coursework or experience through clinics, moot court, mock trial, law review, journal work, internships, or other legal settings is a plus.

Compensation: 42 to 45 (USD)