November 19, 2007 | Vol. XI, Issue 14

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Corporate Legal Internship 2008: Applications for 1Ls and 2Ls due Dec. 28

In 1999, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) successfully launched its Summer Legal Internship Program in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb, a leading diversified worldwide health and personal care company. This year, PRLDEF is partnering with various corporations, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, to expand their paid summer internship program for law students, particularly disadvantaged Latinos and students of color who are interested in pursuing careers in corporate legal departments.

Since corporate legal departments typically do not maintain summer internship programs, PRLDEF’s Corporate Legal Internship Program provides students of color with an otherwise rare opportunity. It also affords corporations with an extraordinary mechanism by which to connect and support current law students who will make-up tomorrow’s candidate pool.

PRLDEF, through its unique Education Division, will administer the application process, forwarding outstanding candidates to interested corporate legal departments.

Current corporate partners for the summer of 2007 include Bristol-Myers Squibb (NY and NJ); Johnson & Johnson (NY); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (NY); Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (NY); Schering-Plough Corporation (NJ).

This Legal Internship Program:

• Allows students to spend the summer working directly with corporate attorneys
• Introduces law students of color to career opportunities in corporate legal departments
• Matches students with mentors within corporate legal departments

This is a paid summer program
PRDLEF’s Corporate Legal Internship program is a paid summer internship program for first and second year law students of color who are interested in pursuing careers in corporate legal departments. The summer stipend offered will be determined by each corporation. Both students and corporations benefit from this unique program. It provides students with corporate experience as well as corporate attorney mentors. The program also gives corporate legal departments the opportunity to incorporate highly qualified, summer law student associates with minimal effort.

How to Apply for the Summer 2008 Corporate Legal Internship
1Ls and 2Ls interested in being considered for this internship opportunity should send a current resume, cover letter, transcript (undergraduate if 1st year) and legal writing sample (* Pfizer Pharmaceuticals has an additional requirement of 2 letters of recommendation) postmarked no later than Friday, Dec. 28, to:
Ms. Sonji S. Patrick
Education Programs Director
PRLDEF
99 Hudson Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10013-2815

Electronic applications are not accepted at this time. Further questions should be directed to sonji-patrick@prldef.org.

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