Intern-Legal/Claims

Summary of Position

The Intern - Legal/Claims assists the Chief Legal Counsel (CLC) and the Executive Director of Legal Services (EDLS) in matters related to the support and maintenance of the legal services program within the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). This is a temporary position up to thirty (30) hours per week for a duration of not more than six (6) months.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review, revise and edit legal documents, including but not limited to, contracts, memorandums of agreement, and discovery responses with the support and direction of CLC or EDLS
• Accurately review, proofread and assist with any materials to ensure accuracy
• Perform legal research and analysis of law sources such as statutes, legal articles, legal decisions, opinions, rulings, memoranda, and other legal material for review, approval and use by the CLC or EDLS
• Gather, assemble, summarize and compile substantive information and facts on various legal issues and matters, to be used by the CLC or EDLS
• Assist in investigating facts and law of matters to determine causes of action and to prepare such matters accordingly
• Compile and present pertinent facts, cases and evidence and assemble them into a clear and concise manner
• Organize and maintain legal files and case controls, and as required, extract information from such legal files
• Communicate effectively by preparing both oral and written reports, correspondence and memoranda
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, associates, and other individuals and groups as required
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Pay

$20.00 per hour (Pay Grade 110)

Schedule

Up to thirty (30) hours per week for a duration of not more than six (6) months