What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Associate position at Clyde & Co?
Description
Department/Team: Liability & Excess Coverage
Location: New Jersey, USA
The Department/Team
Here you'll have brilliant opportunities to work on a variety of exciting, high-profile cases, alongside some of the most respected and talented lawyers in their field.
This thriving practice represents and advises national and international insurers in a broad range of coverage cases across the Unites States, including a wide range of complex insurance coverage matters, involving product liability; pollution, environmental, asbestos, talc and property liability matters.
The Role
You'll play a key role in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients and driving success for yourself, your colleagues and our firm. Working in a collaborative and supportive culture, you'll be supported to work your best way.
The successful applicant will:
We're looking for someone who:
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive culture to allow everyone to thrive in their career at Clyde & Co. We welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Let us know if you need us to make adjustments or changes to the interview process to help you best demonstrate your suitability for the role. We will do our best to accommodate your request. If you wish to discuss anything regarding the interview process, please let your recruitment contact know ahead of your interview.
Please take a moment to read our privacy notice carefully. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a recruitment agency partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.
We will not accept agency submissions unless the agency has specifically instructed by a member of the recruitment team.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
Department/Team: Liability & Excess Coverage
Location: New Jersey, USA
The Department/Team
Here you'll have brilliant opportunities to work on a variety of exciting, high-profile cases, alongside some of the most respected and talented lawyers in their field.
This thriving practice represents and advises national and international insurers in a broad range of coverage cases across the Unites States, including a wide range of complex insurance coverage matters, involving product liability; pollution, environmental, asbestos, talc and property liability matters.
The Role
You'll play a key role in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients and driving success for yourself, your colleagues and our firm. Working in a collaborative and supportive culture, you'll be supported to work your best way.
The successful applicant will:
- Analyze insurance policies, draft coverage opinions, and provide coverage advice to clients.
- Conduct rigorous legal research, analyze findings, and draft memoranda.
- Prepare and review pleadings, memos, briefs, discovery, motions with supporting briefs, and other legal correspondence.
- Engage in formal correspondence with opposing counsel and other parties.
- Attend depositions, hearings, and mediations as required.
We're looking for someone who:
- Possesses excellent academic credentials
- JD 2021 - 2023
- Admitted to practice in New Jersey; additional admissions a plus
- Experience or interest in working on complex insurance coverage matters
- Excellent legal research, writing, and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Hybrid work schedule
- Student loan reimbursement
- Flexible time off & 11 paid holidays per calendar year
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K Safe Harbor contribution
- Flexible Spending Account
- Commuter Benefits
- Minimum billable hours of 1,900 per year with generous yearly and monthly bonus opportunities for high performers
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive culture to allow everyone to thrive in their career at Clyde & Co. We welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Let us know if you need us to make adjustments or changes to the interview process to help you best demonstrate your suitability for the role. We will do our best to accommodate your request. If you wish to discuss anything regarding the interview process, please let your recruitment contact know ahead of your interview.
Please take a moment to read our privacy notice carefully. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a recruitment agency partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.
We will not accept agency submissions unless the agency has specifically instructed by a member of the recruitment team.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
