Job Description
About the Role
At Equitable, we help clients secure their financial well-being so they can pursue long and fulfilling lives - a mission we've honed since 1859.
The Equitable Law Department's Mission is to serve as Equitable's trusted counsel e
mpowering Equitable to pursue its noble purpose by upholding the highest standards, forging collaborative relationships, and delivering creative solutions.
What You'll Be Doing
At Equitable we have reimagined how we want to work and are guided by principles of inclusivity, flexibility, and connection. Come join Equitable's Insurance Legal team and enjoy working for a leading financial company with an amazing and diverse culture! We offer a flexible hybrid office/remote work environment. The Legal Department has a summer 2025 Internship opening as part of the Corporate/Law Firm Alliance Summer Program (CLASP) offered through the LatinoJustice PRLDEF organization. CLASP, is a summer internship intended to provide qualified law students (at selected law schools) with career building opportunities for two consecutive summers at a partnering corporate legal department and law firm. If selected, the student will work for Equitable the first summer, and for Willkie Farr & Gallagher the second summer. This 2-tier structure will:
- Provide paid summer positions for two consecutive summers.
- Match students with mentors within the corporate legal department and the law firm, who can provide ongoing guidance on professional development.
- Allow students to spend two consecutive summers working directly with corporate and law firm attorneys.
During the internship, the Intern will be provided with different assignments within the Corporate Practice Group. Through each of the assignments, the intern will be focused on assisting with capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, investments including private equity, real estate, and private placements and finally commercial contracts.
Examples of assignments include:
- Participating in internal client meetings, as well meetings including external counsel.
- Reviewing and drafting SEC disclosure for products prospectuses and related materials.
- Reviewing state insurance law and creating work products summarizing those requirements that apply to products offered.
- Performing legal research on state insurance, SEC and tax matters.
- Collaborating and working with members of the Corporate Practice Group and relevant business areas, including product development, actuarial, treasury, and finance departments.
What You'll Bring
Eligibility Requirements:
The CLASP summer internship is open to all eligible applicants. Applicants need not be affiliated with LatinoJustice PRLDEF to apply.
To be eligible for consideration, you must be:
- A first-year law student (1Ls) or a second-year part-time student with good academic standing and has at least a 3.0 GPA.
- A student at one of the law schools listed below.
- Available for the first round of interviews with LatinoJustice education committee members, if selected.
- Available to be interviewed by a participating corporation and law firm, if selected as a finalist.
Selected Law Schools:
Applicants must be enrolled at one of the following law schools to be eligible to participate in CLASP.
American University-Washington College of Law • Boston College Law School • Boston University School of Law • Brooklyn Law School • Cardozo Law School (Yeshiva U.) • Catholic University-Columbus School of Law • Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law • University of Connecticut Law • Hofstra University-MA Deane School of Law • University of Maryland School of Law • New York Law School • Penn State-Dickinson Law • PennState Law - University Park • Rutgers University Law School • Seton Hall Law • St. John's University School of Law • SUNY at Buffalo Law School • Syracuse University School of Law
Other Qualifications
- First year law student
- Legal research and analysis
- Presentation skills
- Project management
- Process improvement
- Interpersonal skills
Skills
- Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to in a wide variety of situations.
- Teamwork: Belief in the necessity and value of teamwork; experience working cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
- Communication: Understanding the importance of insightful listening and communicating along with the ability to provide information and messages in a way that produces clarity and impact.
- Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
- Continuous Learning: Understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn and grow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve own performance and that of others.
- Results Orientation: Knowledge of the importance of meeting or exceeding established targets; ability to drive critical activities to completion.
ABOUT EQUITABLE
At Equitable, we're a team committed to helping our clients secure their financial well-being so that they can pursue long and fulfilling lives.
We turn challenges into opportunities by thinking, working, and leading differently - where everyone is a leader. We encourage every employee to leverage their unique talents to become a force for good at Equitable and in their local communities.
We are continuously investing in our people by offering growth, internal mobility, comprehensive compensation and benefits to support overall well-being, flexibility, and a culture of collaboration and teamwork.
We are looking for talented, dedicated, purposeful people who want to make an impact. Join Equitable and pursue a career with purpose. Click Careers at Equitable to learn more.
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Equitable is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to our employees, applicants and candidates based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disabilities, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.
NOTE: Equitable participates in the E-Verify program.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform the essential job functions of this position, please contact Human Resources at (212) 314-2211 or email us at TalentAcquisition@e quitable.com .
