Law Clerk Intern

Clean Harbors•Norwell, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Clean Harbors is looking for interested Law Students to join its legal team. This is your chance to join a dynamic and growing company, get valuable insight, experience, and help ensure a brighter future. The Law Clerk Intern works in a support capacity and performs a wide range of duties related to the disposition of particular matters. Practice area will involve civil/commercial litigation, regulatory, environmental and employment/labor law. Applicants must be willing to work a minimum of 20 hours per week during a school semester, the schedule is flexible, and a minimum of 30 during the summer. A full semester is required, but one year is preferred.

Requirements

Must be a juris doctor candidate.
Fluent in the written and spoken English language and strong written and oral communication skills.
Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

Ability to draft legal research summaries and other legal documents which are clear, concise, logically constructed, and based on thorough analysis and sound reasoning.
High level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently.
Ability to think creatively - be proactive in conflict resolution and think outside the box to collaborate and find new solutions.
Ability to multi-task in a complex and fast-paced inter-disciplinary legal environment, entailing timely collection of facts, identification and resolution of issues, enumeration of options, and formulation of recommendations.
Some litigation and/or employment experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

High level of interaction (i.e. speaking on the phone) with the employees in the field, customers, Courts, opposing counsel, outside counsel, and third parties.
Conserve in-house counsel’s time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence, drafting letters and documents, collecting and analyzing information, and initiating telecommunications.
Resolving conflicts and negotiating with outside entities and individuals.
Legal department administrative duties, including but not limited to paper and electronic file organization/maintenance, scanning, copying and binder creation.
Assist attorneys with litigation and pre-litigation matters.
Support the legal department with other projects as requested.
Actively manage your own case load.