What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Summer Intern position at Becker?
DUTIES
- Follows the ethical requirements as set forth by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the state and complies with all requirements of the law office’s professional liability insurer.
- Gathers information from clients or from others on client’s behalf under the direction of an attorney.
- Prepares legal drafts by assembling and organizing information for legal forms and documents, including complaints, declarations, discovery requests, responses, and other pleadings.
- Performs legal research as delegated by an attorney using all available resources including libraries and computer data systems.
- Assembles case materials by collecting, organizing, and summarizing information, documents, reports, and evidence.
- Maintains calendar by entering and updating requirements, court dates, and meetings.
Any and all other duties as may be required of the job.
REQUIREMENTS
- Knowledge of the law and legal procedures at a level normally acquired through a minimum of two years of law school.
- Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when performing substantive legal functions.
- Ability to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical or spelling errors.
- Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate and follow the instruction effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate by phone and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Work requires a high level of mental effort and strain when answering a high volume of requests for information and performing other essential duties.
