Legal Winter Intern

New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company • Trenton, NJ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

NJM Insurance has a Law Clerk Winter Intern opportunity available on our Law & Regulation legal team. Located at our West Trenton, NJ headquarters, this is a great opportunity for a second year law student to enjoy sharpen research and writing skills in this heavy research role, while working with our fine legal team. The law clerk will gain work experience while performing meaningful tasks and projects. This winter internship is part of a structured program that will provide the law clerk with challenging work assignments/projects, an overall view of the business and litigation, and networking opportunities.

Requirements

• Second year law student – preferably a student with an interest in joining an in-house legal department.
• Interest in contracts and regulatory law.
• Strong writing, research, and communication skills. Detail-oriented.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher

Nice To Haves

• Experience on their school’s law review or law journal(s) is preferred.
• If possible, we would like to see a writing sample.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Contract Management team, reviewing contracts, SOWs, NDAs, etc. as assigned with assistance from NJM legal staff.
• Compliance-related research projects, including issues that arise from compliance checklist reviews and other questions submitted from Business Units.
• Select Legal Referral assignments to experience an increased variety of legal questions and understanding of the insurance business.
• Work with Complaint team on reviewing Department of Insurance complaint responses.
• Compliance auditing assignments to gain an understanding of how insurance laws/regulation apply to company operations.
• Additional legal operation assignments including research on corporate requirements, and corporate legal matters.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED