2027 Legal Intern

SchonfeldNew York, New York, United States

internPosted 3 Nov 2026

About the role

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Role</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for an intern to join our Legal team for Summer 2027. This role sits where the legal practice meets technology: your main project will be using AI tools to change how the team captures, organizes, and applies its knowledge.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">At the center of the internship, you will build and maintain a dashboard to both memorialize/categorize as well as produce/query investor documentation. This dashboard will importantly provide the firm with a single, clear view of investor commitments currently spread across various documents.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You will also use AI to streamline other legal functions. That includes building playbooks that capture the team's negotiating positions and systems to preserve institutional knowledge.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">By the end of the summer, you will have delivered a lasting, practical tool. You will also understand how in-house legal work supports a leading investment platform.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>

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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What You’ll Do </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></p>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You will work across functions with colleagues outside the legal department to design and build the investor documentation dashboard. That means turning legal concepts into a tool that is structured, easy to use, and valuable to the whole business.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You will also develop and refine legal playbooks and knowledge management tools on your own. You will be expected to take ownership, use good judgment, and bring a clear point of view on how the team's knowledge can best be organized and shared.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Throughout the summer, you will apply AI technologies to automate, organize, and improve legal workflows. The goal is to replace manual processes and free the Legal team for higher-value work.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You will also have the opportunity to take part in one-day rotations through different sub-teams within Legal, which will show you the full range of the team's work across funds, corporate, trading documents, and portfolio management</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>

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<p> <br><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What You’ll Bring</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You are currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Law degree (with 1- 2 years left in your program).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You are highly skilled with AI tools and have shown that you can apply them creatively to complex, open-ended problems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>

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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">You solve problems well and work comfortably both in collaborative settings and on your own, whether you are aligning stakeholders across teams or driving a project forward independently.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>

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