Job Description

Launch your Career with NV Energy!

Join the largest energy provider in the state of Nevada and learn about the Power Utility Industry while you complete your legal program at UNLV. NV Energy is part of the Berkshire Hathaway Energy global family of companies and has been serving the people of Nevada for over 150 years.

The NV Energy Internship program is designed to ensure that it will challenge students with meaningful work, expose them to a career in the energy industry, and help them transition from academics to the workforce. Successful completion of an intern position can put a student on the fast track to a full-time career with NV Energy, following graduation.

The goal of our internship program is designed to combine the theoretical training and practical experience to ensure that students obtain meaningful work experience. Candidate must be a self-starter, flexible, a quick learner, highly motivated and a good team player. Accordingly, you must possess strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills.

Successful students can build upon their existing skills and explore valuable careers in Legal.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• The position will focus on two areas of practice: 1) general transactional law, contract review, and litigation matters; and 2) administrative law, with a focus on state energy regulatory matters.
• The ideal candidate for this position should have an interest in energy law generally, transactional law, administrative law, contracts, and business matters specifically.
• The successful candidate will be a self-starter, flexible, a quick learner, highly motivated, able to accept assignments from multiple sources, and a good team player.
• Accordingly, candidates must possess strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills. Lastly, candidates must be detail oriented

All students must be available to work the following schedule:

• Summer: 20 - 40 hours per week
• Completed first-year or second-year law studies at an accredited U.S. law school (by the time the internship begins).
• Submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample.

Requirements

• Completed first-year or second-year law studies at an accredited U.S. law school (by the time the internship begins).
• Submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample.

When applying, students must attach a transcript providing proof of at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA for consideration. All students must attach transcripts and verification of college/university enrollment at the time of application to begin or continue employment.

NV Energy is looking for qualified people to join us in one of the premier energy companies in the West. Located in the fastest growing state in the United States, NV Energy provides electricity to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually. Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks, Henderson, Elko and South Lake Tahoe. We also provide natural gas to more than 155,000 citizens in the Reno-Sparks area.