2027 Legal Summer Intern

Schonfeld • New York, NY

2d • $85,000 - $95,000

About The Position

The Legal Summer Intern will join Schonfeld’s Legal team for Summer 2027 and apply AI tools to improve the team’s knowledge management and legal workflows. The central project is to build and maintain a dashboard that organizes, categorizes, produces, and queries investor documentation, giving the firm a clear view of investor commitments currently spread across different documents.

The intern will collaborate with colleagues outside Legal to design and build the dashboard, while independently developing and refining legal playbooks and knowledge management tools. The role involves applying AI to automate, organize, and improve legal workflows, with the aim of reducing manual processes and freeing the Legal team for higher-value work. The intern will also have the opportunity to participate in one-day rotations across Legal sub-teams covering funds, corporate, trading documents, and portfolio management.

The 10-week summer internship includes a dedicated manager and mentor, learning sessions with senior leaders, hands-on skills workshops, social events, and opportunities to learn about functions across the firm. The annualized base pay is expected to be $85,000–$95,000, prorated based on the internship start and end dates.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Law degree, with 1–2 years remaining in the program.
• Highly skilled with AI tools and able to apply them creatively to complex, open-ended problems.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to work collaboratively and independently, including aligning stakeholders across teams and driving projects forward.
• Deadline-driven and able to complete assigned work by the end of the summer.
• Interested in working at the intersection of legal expertise, technology, and investment strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a dashboard to organize and categorize investor documentation and to produce and query documentation.
• Create a clear view of investor commitments currently spread across multiple documents.
• Work with colleagues outside the Legal department to design and build a structured, usable, business-relevant dashboard.
• Develop and refine legal playbooks that capture the team’s negotiating positions.
• Develop tools and systems to preserve and share institutional knowledge.
• Apply AI technologies to automate, organize, and improve legal workflows and reduce manual processes.
• Complete the dashboard, playbooks, and other assigned work by the end of the summer.
• Participate in one-day rotations through Legal sub-teams, including funds, corporate, trading documents, and portfolio management.

Benefits

• Dedicated manager and mentor to guide development during and beyond the internship.
• Learning sessions with senior leaders.
• Hands-on skills workshops.
• Social events and networking opportunities.
• Learning and educational offerings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern