LINK: “Summer Legal Internship” – LivingSocial

Location: Washington, DC

Description:
LivingSocial is growing—fast. We’re redefining localized online advertising and social commerce, all while building a great company and cultivating superb talent. The explosive growth and success of LivingSocial has been recognized by media outlets new and renowned, from TechCrunch to The Wall Street Journal. To help fuel our growth, LivingSocial has secured hundreds of millions in funding from some of the most prominent investors and Internet leaders.

Do you look for little ways to make a big difference? Do you think it’s important to recognize your co-workers for their hard work, and for yours to be recognized in turn? If so, we’d like to meet you!

We are looking for a hungry, motivated law student to spend his/her summer making strong moves and contributing to the meteoric rise of LivingSocial. This isn’t your typical internship experience – the legal intern will be learning and contributing as much as a full-time team member and will be expected to “move the needle” with regards to the company’s success.

Responsibilities:
- Assist with implementation of our document management system
- Conduct research and draft legal memoranda and documents
- Help with managing international subsidiaries and compliance with local law
- Provide support to the Legal team across a variety of departments, including Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Product
- Summarize material terms of a variety of contracts
- Assist in reviewing, modifying and negotiating commercial agreements

Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in J.D. Program at an accredited university or a recent graduate
- Willingness to work hard in a fast-paced, high volume environment–
- Sharp analytic and research skills
- Comfortable with technology
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Self-starter
- Strong organizational skills
- Attentive to details
- Outgoing, optimistic, and with strong interpersonal skills
- Savvy about social media and local commerce

Compensation:
- Competitive hourly rate

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LINK: “Regulatory Compliance – Intern” – Sharp Electronics

Location: Mahwah, New Jersey

Description:
Semester internship with Corporate Environmental Affairs Dept.

Responsibilities:
- Working from a list of previously reviewed regulations, the intern will obtain and review the listed regulations and create a brief or similar review resulting in a written record that will highlight specific relevant phrases to confirm compliance status including exempt from compliance or needs more investigation.

Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate would be a graduate student or recent graduate of an environmental law school, can prove a minimum of 2 years related work experience, or other similar background suitable for a focus on the review and applicability of state and federal environmental regulations for a global electronics firm.
- Internship: $12/hr
- Work week: 25 hours (flexible-can be three, 8 hour days)
- Start: Spring (best), Summer or possibly Fall Semester 2012 (Approved for entire year)

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LINK: “Intern – Legal” – Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Description:
Enbridge Energy Company, Inc, a leader in crude and natural gas transportation, gathering, and processing, is currently seeking a Summer Intern for our Legal department in the Houston, TX office.

Responsibilities:
- General legal research, records management, and converting existing documents to forms.
- Assistance with special projects as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Interns will be expected to comply with all Enbridge policies and procedures and conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times.
- Interns will be required to give a presentation at the end of their assignment covering a summary of their experience/projects and observations from working in a corporate environment.

Qualifications:
- Completed at least 1 year of law school
- Intern candidates should be working on a degree in law.
- Candidates must have a minimum 2.5/4.0 GPA.

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LINK: “Patent Summer Intern” – Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Description:
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an innovative drug discovery and development company that is seeking to leverage its strength in small molecule drug technologies to discover, develop, and deliver to patients first-in-class or best-in-class medicines for the treatment of cancer and related conditions. Infinity is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This is a paid, full-time, 2012 summer internship in the intellectual property. The goal of this internship is to mentor a highly motivated, self-directed law student in the field of patent law in our in-house legal environment. Previous experience in, or knowledge of, the field of patent law is required.

The intern will be supervised by our Director, Intellectual Property and other legal professionals on assigned matters and will have numerous opportunities to learn about the practice of patent law. The intern will assist patent practitioners in their regular course of work which includes review and analysis of patent and scientific literature relating to various research programs, technical problem solving, verbal and written communication of scientific analysis in the context of patent law, and assistance in patent prosecution (e.g., projects relating to drafting patent applications and office action responses). Some limited administrative work should also be expected.

The internship provides an excellent opportunity to gain or enhance an understanding of the practice of patent law in a business context that emphasizes client interaction with diverse functions within our company, including research, development, management, finance, corporate communications, clinical operations and regulatory affairs.

Desired Competencies and Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled as a 2L law student
- Previous experience in the field of patent law; admission to Patent Bar preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry or biology; advanced degree preferred
- Research experience in a life sciences company preferred
- Excellent communication, attention to detail and organizational skills
- Demonstrated personal responsibility for results
- Commitment to achieving goals in a team setting

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LINK: “Intern – Corporate Legal Group” – W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Location: Newark, Delaware

Description:
Gore is a technology-driven global company built on entrepreneurial innovation, integrity, and teamwork. Through our product leadership, we’ve been changing lives and changing industries, including medical devices, fabrics, electronics, and manufacturing, for more than 50 years.

Associates in our corporate functions support the work done by the divisions of Gore. We are looking for a law student to support a variety of legal tasks/projects at our Newark, DE, facility this summer.

If you are searching for a company where you can learn, contribute, and make a difference, we’re looking for you.
At Gore, whether you have a temporary or permanent position with us, we believe in you as an individual. We value your know-how and ideas. Our goal is to create a positive, respectful workplace in which everyone is treated fairly.
In this role, you will gain transactional, contract, research, regulatory, and corporate experience. You will work closely with members of the enterprise’s legal department on various projects; however, precise assignments and responsibilities will depend upon business priorities during the course of the internship.

Qualifications –
Required Job Qualifications:
- Enrollment in an accredited law school
- Initiative; a self-starter with the ability to work independently and in small groups
- Excellent oral communication and writing skills

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LINK: “Law Clerk” – FBL Financial Group, Inc.

Location: West Des Moines, Iowa

Description:
FBL Financial Group, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, is a holding company whose primary operating subsidiary is Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. FBL currently underwrites, markets and distributes life insurance and annuities to individuals and small businesses.

Candidates must be at least a current L2. The successful candidate will conduct legal and legislative research, and prepare concise, well-written and easily understood analysis on legal matters for the Law Department. They will also prepare written legal memoranda and draft legal correspondence as directed. Flexible hours TBD during school year, then FT during summer.

Qualifications:
Second-year law student. The candidates familiarity with agriculture is preferred. Knowledge of administrative, agricultural or environmental law is a plus.

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LINK: “Compliance Code of Conduct Law Clerk – Internship” – Baker Hughes

Location: Burbank, California

Description:
Baker Hughes serves the worldwide oil and natural gas industry with reservoir consulting and products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production. We are a leading provider for high-performance technology that creates value from oil and gas reservoirs. Virtually every product and service we provide is designed to lower costs, reduce risk or improve productivity during activities directly related to hydrocarbon extraction, advancing reservoir performance.

The Baker Hughes Incorporated Legal Group has an immediate opening for 2 law clerks in the Corporate Office, 2929 Allen Parkway, in Houston, TX. As a leader in the oilfield services industry, Baker Hughes offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high performance organization. Our leading technologies and our ability to apply them safely and effectively create value for our customers and our shareholders.

Emphasis: Ethics & Legal Compliance. Under direct supervision of one or more attorneys, performs administrative tasks in support of legal operations. Knowledge of legal terminology and processes; basic understanding of matter management; strong computer skills; strong communication skills; highly organized.

Function: Assist the Chief Compliance Officer and Ethics & Compliance Group as follows:
1. Preparation of Compliance group documents and reports.
2. Evaluation of Code of Conduct and Business Help Line Matters.
3. Develop and maintain updated Code of Conduct Benchmarking Database and assist with the transfer of the database into electronic format.
4. Preparation of a Facilitating Payments Notebook, including documenting the Facilitating Payments Policies of other companies and researching recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act developments, and the compliance initiatives of various international corporations.
5. Development of an enterprise risk assessment program.
6. Research areas of law and prepare simple overviews.
7. Review Compliance Seminar Evaluation Forms completed by seminar participants and prepare reports summarizing responses.
8. Monitor new laws and regulations impacting ethics and compliance programs.

Requirements:
1. Strong Interest in Compliance Law
2. Interest in Federal Law Regulating International Business Practices
3. Interest in Global Corporate Investigations
4. Demonstrated Legal Research Skills
5. 2nd Year Law Student – Essential

Timing:
1. Start as soon as possible
2. Commitment of 15-20 Hours/week (semester) and 40 Hours/ week (summer)
3. Prefer Commitment through summer and third-year of law school

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Headquartered in the Financial District of New York City, SecondMarket Inc. – the leading online destination for alternative investments – is seeking talented, driven, and enthusiastic interns for our Summer 2012 Internship Program. At SecondMarket, interns have an opportunity to immerse themselves into a specific sector of our business, as well as receive insight and knowledge from various departments throughout the company. SecondMarket fosters a work hard, play hard environment fully equipped with foosball, ping pong, and a shuffleboard table. Our internship program also offers access to company-wide events, activities, tons of neat SecondMarket swag, and even our own intern outing. We look forward to the possibility of you spending the summer with us at SecondMarket. [...] Continue Reading…

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