Summer law associate vs legal extern

Differences between summer law associate and legal extern duties and responsibilities

Summer law associate example responsibilities.

• Manage probate and estates administration.
• Represent international and domestic corporations in commercial transactions, corporate governance and in arbitration and mediation disputes.
• Research legal issues relate to ongoing litigation, present findings in office memorandum and verbally discuss in office meetings.
• Prepare for and participate in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration and mediation hearings, client meetings, and a CLE presentation.
• Prepare discovery request including interrogatories and admissions.
• Propound and respond to interrogatories and document requests.
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Legal extern example responsibilities.

• Create PowerPoint presentation used to train staff on managing copyright and trademark infringement risk.
• Research various aspects of criminal law; write inter-office memos defining the present juris prudence of issue research.
• Train attorneys and librarians to use the Lexis-Nexis legal research system.
• Proofread and edit attorney work product (grammar, usage, and content . )
• Hire by criminal defense and plaintiff's personal injury attorneys on a case basis.
• Proofread and edit legal documents for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, format, and content.
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