Closing Date: 31st March, 2024

Description:

A Full-Service Litigation and Business Law Firm, a national law firm, in collaboration with the Wake Forest University Legal Department, has an opening for a Legal Fellow. The Fellow will work full-time on the Wake Forest University campus and will assist Wake Forest attorneys and paralegals on a broad range of legal issues which may include but not be limited to labor and employment, Title IX, contract review and drafting, claims and tort litigation, regulatory compliance matters, research, export control, faculty appointments and grievance processes, and student conduct issues. Application to the fellowship program is open to third-year law students and recent law school graduates, including those who are completing a judicial clerkship.

The Fellow may participate in investigations, conduct legal research, draft or review responses to complaints filed with external agencies, pleadings, motions and other litigation-related documents, interview witnesses, prepare for depositions, attend conferences and university hearings, and provide strategic advice among other duties as assigned by Wake Forest attorneys.

The candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills as evidenced by application materials, the strongest academic credentials and work ethic, demonstrate initiative, leadership and motivation toward career goals and the promise of becoming an outstanding attorney in higher education. The successful candidate will have a J.D. from an accredited American law school and membership in the North Carolina bar or admission within 12 months of hire (the selected candidate will be supported through the bar examination process).