Legal Associate Intern

About us:

Since 1982, the firm has grown through acquisitions of independent advisory practices. Conseil Steiner manages assets for more than 200,000 clients through 120 offices. Most staff have been with the firm for more than eight years.

Overview:

Conseil Steiner is hiring a remote legal research intern to assist with research, drafting and case summaries. Open to law students in their 2nd year or above. We are headquartered in Geneva and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will intern remotely with our team in Geneva. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

Responsibilities:

• Build compliance checklists for data protection, labour and consumer laws.
• Prepare case summaries with facts, issues, holding and reasoning in a set format.
• Organise the contract repository and update expiry and renewal dates.
• Assist in drafting NDAs, service agreements and vendor contracts from templates.
• Draft research memos on specific legal questions, with full citations.
• Verify citations and quotations in drafts before they go to the supervising lawyer.
• Review contracts for missing clauses and flag risks in a review sheet.
• Research case law, statutes and regulations using SCC Online, Manupatra, Westlaw or other legal databases.

Requirements:

• Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration.
• Can start immediately or within two weeks.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality on company matters.
• Comfortable with MS Word, track changes and comments.
• Laptop with stable internet.
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for 1 to 3 months.
• Writing sample of 2 to 3 pages required with your application.
• Strong written English and the ability to write clearly without padding.

Bonus points:

• Publications in a law review or student law journal.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate of internship and a recommendation letter on request.
• You will finish with 3 to 5 pieces of written work you can discuss in interviews.
• How in-house legal teams handle compliance and risk.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: ₹24,000 to ₹29,000 per month

Perks:

• Internet allowance.
• Certificate.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Letter of recommendation.
• 5 days a week.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Conseil Steiner Sàrl.