2026 Summer Intern - Law Department

Equitable • New York, NY

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Equitable, we help clients secure their financial well-being so they can pursue long and fulfilling lives - a mission we’ve honed since 1859.
The Equitable Law Department’s Mission is to serve as Equitable’s trusted counsel empowering Equitable to pursue its noble purpose by upholding the highest standards, forging collaborative relationships, and delivering creative solutions.
At Equitable we have reimagined how we want to work and are guided by principles of inclusivity, flexibility, and connection. Come join Equitable's Insurance Legal team and enjoy working for a leading financial company with an amazing and diverse culture! We offer a flexible hybrid office/remote work environment. The Legal Department has a summer 2025 Internship opening as part of the Corporate/Law Firm Alliance Summer Program (CLASP) offered through the LatinoJustice PRLDEF organization. CLASP, is a summer internship intended to provide qualified law students (at selected law schools) with career building opportunities for two consecutive summers at a partnering corporate legal department and law firm. If selected, the student will work for Equitable the first summer, and for Willkie Farr & Gallagher the second summer. This 2-tier structure will:
Provide paid summer positions for two consecutive summers.
Match students with mentors within the corporate legal department and the law firm, who can provide ongoing guidance on professional development.
Allow students to spend two consecutive summers working directly with corporate and law firm attorneys.
During the internship, the Intern will be provided with different assignments within the Corporate Practice Group. Through each of the assignments, the intern will be focused on assisting with capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, investments including private equity, real estate, and private placements and finally commercial contracts.
Examples of assignments include:
Participating in internal client meetings, as well meetings including external counsel.
Reviewing and drafting SEC disclosure for products prospectuses and related materials.
Reviewing state insurance law and creating work products summarizing those requirements that apply to products offered.
Performing legal research on state insurance, SEC and tax matters.
Collaborating and working with members of the Corporate Practice Group and relevant business areas, including product development, actuarial, treasury, and finance departments.

Requirements

• A first-year law student (1Ls) or a second-year part-time student with good academic standing and has at least a 3.0 GPA.
• A student at one of the law schools listed below.
• Available for the first round of interviews with LatinoJustice education committee members, if selected.
• Available to be interviewed by a participating corporation and law firm, if selected as a finalist.
• First year law student
• Legal research and analysis
• Presentation skills
• Project management
• Process improvement
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to in a wide variety of situations.
• Teamwork: Belief in the necessity and value of teamwork; experience working cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
• Communication: Understanding the importance of insightful listening and communicating along with the ability to provide information and messages in a way that produces clarity and impact.
• Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
• Continuous Learning: Understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn and grow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve own performance and that of others.
• Results Orientation: Knowledge of the importance of meeting or exceeding established targets; ability to drive critical activities to completion.

Responsibilities

• Participating in internal client meetings, as well meetings including external counsel.
• Reviewing and drafting SEC disclosure for products prospectuses and related materials.
• Reviewing state insurance law and creating work products summarizing those requirements that apply to products offered.
• Performing legal research on state insurance, SEC and tax matters.
• Collaborating and working with members of the Corporate Practice Group and relevant business areas, including product development, actuarial, treasury, and finance departments.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed