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1L Legal, Intern - Summer 2024 – New York, NY

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Visa

Jan 9, 2024

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Legal
  • New York

Requirements

  • Basic Qualifications:
  • Good standing as a first-year law student at an ABA accredited law school.
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • An interest in the in-house legal environment
  • Demonstrated academic excellence and leadership ability, personal and professional accomplishments, commitment to community service or meaningful contribution to the diversity of the legal community
  • Excellent written and oral communication and legal research skills
  • Strategic thinking and thought leadership
  • Proven ability to translate ideas into action
  • Teamwork, interpersonal & relationship-building skills
  • Attention to detail
  • An innovative, creative, entrepreneurial spirit that welcomes change and challenge
  • Motivated, focused, driven; embraces a global mindset
  • Please attach as separate documents to your application:
  • A personal statement (no more than 300 words) describing your commitment to diversity, and why you are interested in working at Visa and in technology generally.
  • Your first semester law school grades, as soon as they are available.

Responsibilities

  • As a Legal Intern, you will have the chance to:
  • Work closely with multiple members of the Visa legal team across a variety of practice areas
  • Gain valuable insights about working in-house, which can be a rare opportunity for junior lawyers
  • Deliver an end-of-summer presentation to senior members of the Legal team (potentially including the General Counsel)
  • Attend fun social events with fellow interns
  • Essential Functions:
  • Shadow members of Visa’s Legal Department
  • Complete projects in a variety of practice areas under supervision of Visa attorneys

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Mission & Purpose

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.