Law internship vs staff attorney

Differences between law internship and staff attorney duties and responsibilities

Law internship example responsibilities.

• Prepare probate documents, including petition for probate, inventory, and statement of account.
• Observe investigations and write different court documents including subpoenas, court orders and affidavits
• File commercial cases, develop affidavits and correspondence, and coordinate subpoenas delivery.
• Draft summary judgment motions and answer interrogatories and production requests in medical malpractice cases.
• Research proposed legislative bill allowing survivor access to a decedent s online accounts in probate proceedings.
• Research and prepare for arbitration of labor contract disputes; participate in collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
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Staff attorney example responsibilities.

• Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
• Provide statewide training for attorneys and advocates on education law and also responsible for major impact education litigation and appeals.
• Create and conduct workshops on e-discovery, privilege, FMLA, ADA, and FLSA
• Conduct internal FLSA (wage and hour) compliance and re-classification audits for pre-complaint resolution.
• General practice attorney handling primarily bankruptcy, domestic relations and criminal cases, preparation of wills and trusts and probate.
• Draft wills, powers of attorney, probate estate administration filings, divorce filings, caregiver contracts, and property deeds.
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