Legal Intern

Waterstone Mortgage Corporation • Brookfield, WI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Kickstart your legal career with hands-on experience supporting a
corporate legal team in the mortgage industry. This role focuses on legal
research, document review, and organizing contracts and records to ensure
compliance and accuracy. You’ll work closely with leadership, gain exposure to
real-world regulatory frameworks, and build a strong foundation in legal
operations. Ideal for a law student early in their program who is
detail-oriented, proactive, and interested in the intersection of law and
business. Remote or hybrid options available in Brookfield, WI.

Requirements

• Professionalism, candor, and the ability to maintain confidentiality are requirements for this position.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, rules and regulations relative to work.
• Ability to maintain logical and detailed records, and to prepare reports and correspondence related to work.
• Ability to quickly assimilate oral and written data to analyze facts and draw logical conclusions.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks proactively and efficiently, while maintaining quality and attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently and track deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Prior experience with legal software such as LegalFiles, AllRegs, and Westlaw.
• Bachelor’s Degree and currently enrolled and in good standing at an ABA-approved law school.
• Excellent grammar and diction.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write correspondence, and to communicate information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal in the real estate, lending or financial industry a plus.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct comprehensive, end-to-end research projects involving state and federal laws, regulations, and guidance governing residential mortgage lending.
• Assist in the review and preparation of contracts, leases, real estate documents, correspondence, and other legal papers of a routine nature.
• Research and analyze relevant statues, rulings and precedents to be used as a basis for answering requests for legal opinions of a routine or limited scope.
• Assist in the preparation of legal documents necessary for litigation.
• Assist with classification of executed agreements, capturing key metadata (counter-party, renewal triggers, risk flags), and upload finalized documents to company’s contract lifecycle repository; Leverage workflow automations and validation checkpoints to ensure each record is audit-ready, searchable, and aligned with retention policies.
• Perform general clerical duties (i.e. record keeping, opening and closing files, organizing mail, filing, preparing mailings, memorandums, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees