Summer law associate vs staff attorney

Differences between summer law associate and staff attorney 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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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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