The Employment Law Group
Law Clerk
About this role
Litigation Law Clerk About The Employment Law Group The Employment Law Group (TELG) helps employees to stand up for their rights and to stand against wrongdoing in the workplace. Our practice areas include discrimination and retaliation, whistleblower law, and employee contracts. We're biased, of course, but we believe we're among the best employment law firms in the country. Our top attorneys have decades of courtroom experience and have won favorable outcomes for employees and whistleblowers in settlements and at dozens of trials — the ultimate test of a lawyer's skills. Our firm’s work enables employees to meet their employers on a level playing field. About the Job The Employment Law Group is looking for part-time law students — primarily second-year evening law students — to join our team as full-time litigation law clerks. We will consider first-year, second-semester students if they have strong, relevant work experience at a law firm. Law clerks gain hands-on experience that develops their legal skills under attorney supervision. They work directly with principals and associates to provide substantive assistance through all phases of negotiation, litigation, trial, and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Case management of a diverse portfolio of legal matters
- Preliminary drafts of legal documents including complaints, motions and oppositions, discovery requests and responses, deposition notes, and appeals motions
- Extensive client contact
- Communication with opposing counsel, co-counsel, and experts
- Legal research
- Trial preparation and on-site trial support, as needed
- Calendaring of meetings, depositions, hearings, trial dates, and other events
- Client billing, including daily time entries
- Other responsibilities as assigned This is a highly demanding position when combined with law school obligations. The ideal candidate is a proactive and highly motivated professional with strong organizational, legal writing, time management, and communication skills. Requirements
- Enrolled in a part-time JD program at an ABA - accredited law school
- Full availability for *all* aspects of work during regular hours (9:00am – 5:00pm ET)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- Legal research skills
- Command of Bluebook standards for legal citation
- Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in work product
- Professional demeanor We favor second-year evening law students; applicants with strong, relevant legal experience; and applicants who already are working full-time. We will consider first-year evening law students if they have successfully completed one semester; if they have strong, relevant legal experience; *and* if they already are working full-time. In general, we will not consider third-year students. Fourth-year students and JD holders *cannot* become law clerks What TELG Offers