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Latham & Watkins

Mar 19, 2024

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Starts on May 27
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Legal
  • New York

Requirements

  • Display well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the Firm
  • Demonstrate a courteous, professional, and effective working relationship with clients, vendors, and other representatives of external organizations
  • Possess the ability to work in a team environment with a customer service focus
  • And Have:
  • Applied with the intent to enroll in an ABA-accredited law school in fall 2024 (JD class of 2027)

Responsibilities

  • Pre-Law Interns will be placed in one of the following five departments based on business need, as described below. Other key responsibilities include:
  • Practice Support Services using various applications to provide comprehensive support and technical services to our litigation attorneys, including building document review databases, designing workflows, constructing searches, and preparing documents for production and use at trial
  • Legal Professional and Paralegal Administration preparing and/or drafts closing documents or pleadings, forms, letters, and other correspondence and legal documents under the supervision of attorneys and maintains closing or case files
  • Global Research & Library providing research services involving legal, business, and general information sources to attorneys, paralegals, and staff using a variety of research tools
  • Knowledge Management organizing and administering know-how resources including standard forms, precedent and work product, deal information, and other legal information relevant to attorneys within their practice
  • Litigation Services supporting the firm's Litigation & Trial Department; this includes assisting with the preparation and review of legal filings to ensure adherence to court rules, conducting research on procedural matters utilizing a range of research tools, and facilitating the organization of court-related services

Application Process

  • As part of the application process, we ask that you submit a statement in 500 to 1,000 words, addressing how you have demonstrated a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in your community and/or in the legal profession; resilience and tenacity; and/or what you believe demonstrates your qualification for the internship. When you click through the application process please upload this statement as an attachment to your application.
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Latham & Watkins

Law
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1934
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with more than 3,000 lawyers in its offices located in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. The firm has internationally recognized practices in a wide spectrum of transactional, litigation, corporate and regulatory areas. Our success is grounded in our devotion to the collaborative process, which reaches across global offices and practices and draws upon our deep subject matter expertise, an abiding commitment to teamwork and a powerful tradition of creative lawyering.

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