Internships for pre law students

1. Law Clerk

• Law Clerk

Law clerks do all the same tasks as a regular lawyer, but they are supervised by more senior lawyers. They research relevant documents, precedents and case outcomes. They also draft legal documents like briefs, filings, motions and trial notes based on the findings of their research.

• Salary

A law clerk with less than one year’s experience typically earns about $46,000 a year. However, salaries can climb to nearly $70,000 for experienced workers who supervise others in the office or work directly for a judge.

• Benefits of being a law clerk:
• They help you understand how to better manage your workload. Being able to meet deadlines and prioritize assignments is an essential skill for any lawyer who wants to succeed in this industry. To prepare yourself for these challenges, it’s best that you first learn how to manage your time in an internship setting and then take those skills with you into your professional career.
• They open up doors of opportunity within the legal industry—Networking is key in any industry if you want to succeed in your chosen career field after graduation. Employers will always look more favorably upon someone whose name they recognize rather than just another resume from an unknown applicant coming through their inbox.$endofsection$

2. Legal Intern

As a legal intern, you will be involved in conducting legal research and writing memoranda. Your mentor will assign you a case to analyze, and you will draft a memorandum that describes the facts of the case, explains what laws apply to those facts, and reviews any similar cases decided in other jurisdictions. You may also shadow your mentor at client meetings, hearings or depositions.

3. Paralegal

A paralegal works alongside attorneys and other legal professionals to assist in the delivery of legal services. A paralegal can perform a variety of tasks, including conducting research, preparing for trial and hearings, writing reports, organizing files and documents, interviewing clients and witnesses, drafting letters, maintaining calendars, filing pleadings with courts, summarizing transcripts and depositions, investigating case facts, helping attorneys in court proceedings by keeping them organized and taking notes on courtroom proceedings. In some states or jurisdictions they may also be able to answer questions from clients or witnesses under supervision of a lawyer.

Paralegals must have strong interpersonal skills as they work closely with lawyers as well as clients throughout the course of their work day. They must also be detail-oriented self-starters who are able to meet deadlines in order to ensure that the attorneys they work for are constantly informed about all aspects of their cases (and potential cases).

Paralegals find employment in law firms (including private practice), governmental agencies/courts at local/federal level; corporations; insurance companies; banks; financial institutions; real estate agencies/trusts; title companies; criminal justice agencies such as public defenders’ offices; personal injury firms and trusts & estates firms. Paralegals earn an average salary between $46K-$61K per year (depending on where you live).

4. Legal Assistant

Legal assistants (also called paralegals) work with lawyers to support the legal representation of clients. If you’re interested in working as a lawyer, this is a great option for your future career! Legal assistants can do research, draft documents and forms, and even investigate cases under the supervision of an attorney.

Let’s take a closer look at what it takes to be successful in this field. First and foremost, you need to be good at communicating with people. Since most legal assistance work is done within law firms, it is important to have strong writing skills in order to communicate effectively with your employer and clients. Secondly, since much of the work will involve researching complex issues concerning the law, you must be highly organized and extremely detail oriented; this is essential if you are going to deliver accurate information that will benefit the client’s case.

With these characteristics in mind, being successful as a legal assistant requires some advanced education beyond high school. Associate degrees preparing students for careers as paralegals last about two years when completing full time courses; these programs provide instruction on how to draft documents for court proceedings as well as prepare research materials for attorneys working on cases. Bachelor’s degree programs usually last four years but can also include certificates that are less than one year long that provide specific training related to topics such as criminal law or family law matters.

5. File Clerk

• Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: organization and maintenance of physical files, including alphabetizing and filing documents, making sure the files are in chronological order, and ensuring that all documents are contained within the appropriate folders
• Obligations may also include: digitizing old physical files to create electronic archives, organizing digital files and electronic storage systems, using software like Excel to organize spreadsheets
• The skills you’ll need? You’re going to have to be diligent about checking for errors as you file things away. Being detail oriented is extra important here. You’ll also have to be inventive enough with your filing system that you can remember where everything is.

There are many internships and jobs that can help you discover your passion for law, which means there is no excuse not to start exploring as soon as you can!

There are many internships and jobs that can help you discover your passion for law, which means there is no excuse not to start exploring as soon as you can!

• Courtroom intern: This internship will expose you to the legal field by working in a courtroom.
• Paralegal internship: Paralegals assist lawyers with their duties.
• Law clerk: Law clerks perform legal research for judges.