Legal Intern

About us:

Regional offices in Gold Coast and five other cities support agents and policyholders. Our claims organisation handles more than 400,000 claims a year, including catastrophe response after hurricanes and hail.

About the role:

Remote internship with the Legal Team. You will research case law and statutes, prepare memos and help draft contracts and policies. Remote, open to candidates across Australia. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day:

• Build compliance checklists for data protection, labour and consumer laws.
• Assist in drafting NDAs, service agreements and vendor contracts from templates.
• Draft research memos on specific legal questions, with full citations.
• Organise the contract repository and update expiry and renewal dates.
• Proofread legal documents for consistency, defined terms and cross-references.
• Maintain a research log so others can find past work.
• Verify citations and quotations in drafts before they go to the supervising lawyer.
• Compile background research for policy drafts such as the privacy policy and terms of use.

Requirements:

• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Laptop with stable internet.
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for 1 to 3 months.
• Careful with citations and deadlines.
• Strong written English and the ability to write clearly without padding.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of contract drafting basics.
• Moot court or legal writing competition experience.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $32.00 - $35.50 p/h

What we offer:

• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Home working allowance.
• Access to online training.

You must have full working rights in Australia.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Gold Coast Risk Advisors Pty Ltd.