Law Clerk (Part-Time)

Centivo • Buffalo, NY

42d • $35 - $35 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Law Clerk to support our legal team while we recruit for an Associate General Counsel. Our Law Clerk hire will work within the legal team to assist with researching and concisely summarizing evolving areas of the regulatory framework for self-funded third-party medical benefits administration. This is an excellent opportunity for a 3L law student to gain hands-on experience working with a small in-house legal team. You will be part of the legal team and have a chance to work within a contract management system and workflow improvements, engage with outside counsel if additional expertise is needed and work cross-functionally with the business. You will gain exposure to the Buffalo start up community and the chance to work with an experienced team of benefits and health tech leaders. The role is open immediately and is expected to be needed until the full time role is hired and onboarded, although there is the potential to continue for the Spring semester as well.

Requirements

• Ability to prioritize and organize own work to meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information
• Strong interpersonal skills, establishing rapport and working well with others
• Advanced Microsoft Suite skills
• 3rd yr law student
• Interest in health care, health benefits, start-ups required, with a preference for some related experience and a substantial interest in gaining in-house experience
• Strong, clear research and writing skills.

Nice To Haves

• Communication - Strong, proven verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey complex or technical information in a manner that non-lawyers can understand and understand business objectives and translate into legal and regulatory requirements
• Strategic Thinking – Knack for sorting through clutter to find the best route, often by pulling up from the current complexity to identify patterns that guide future direction and allow one to narrow the options and articulate the options from which others can work backward.
• Business Acumen – A keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a business situation (risks and opportunities) in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome. Critical to this is an ability to think beyond their own function.
• Systems/Analytical Thinking – Demonstrates the ability to think fluidly and integrate information. Able to anticipate non-linear and non-obvious relationships. Often includes an ability to think holistically/conceptually – very powerful when accompanied by ability to communicate & clarify tactically.
• Flexibility/Working through Ambiguity – Tendency to be energized by new experiences/perspectives that test assumptions and thinking. Considers different points of view, sometimes with fragmented information, to arrive at practical, effective, actionable next steps.

Responsibilities

• Researching areas of health plan and third-party administrator compliance issues, with a significant focus in ERISA, Affordable Care Act, Consolidated Appropriations Act, MHPAEA and other federal laws and regulations
• Crafting clear, concise white papers and guidance documents – both for the legal department, as well as business audiences
• Prioritizing work relative to risk, importance and leveraging time management skills to complete tasks on a timely basis
• Interacting with cross-functional business departments to assist with project management of the operational implications of gaining compliance in evolving areas of the regulatory environment
• Developing a compliance library on key topics
• Assisting with reviewing, redlining commercial contracts at a national organization experiencing rapid growth
• Documenting and improving processes, including how to use system integrations and AI to build efficiencies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree