Legal Trainee

Dentsuaegis; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 134,000 - 201,000; Part time

Job summary

Carat in Mexico City is seeking a Trainee Lawyer to support the legal team with basic tasks and learn key skills for a career in law.

This part-time outsourced role involves researching, drafting contracts, attending meetings, and developing relationships with stakeholders. The trainee will handle administrative tasks and help implement compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Trainee lawyer with interest in contract law and corporate compliance.
• Ability to conduct basic legal research and document drafting.
• Excellent note taking and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes legal research.
• Undertakes basic negotiation, review and drafting of contracts.
• Attends meetings and calls with senior lawyers, takes notes and follows up.
• Drafts and proof reads documents and presentations.
• Develops professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Keeps client matter files up to date with correspondence and documents.
• Participates in the legal department's marketing and networking strategies.
• Conducts general administrative tasks alongside other trainees or legal assistants.
• Develops and delivers training, and legal risk management initiatives, to assist management in strategically managing legal risks (e.g. business training, legal updates, regulatory newsletters, etc.).
• Supports implementation of best-practices in compliance, contract management, intellectual property, data privacy and M&A.
• Helps co-ordinate projects.

Job description

The purpose of this role is to assist the legal team by providing basic legal support and contributing to the workload of the team or department to which the Trainee Lawyer is allocated. Experience and exposure through these tasks allow the Trainee Lawyer to develop the key skills required to become a lawyer.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

• Undertakes legal research
• Undertakes basic negotiation, review and drafting of contracts
• Attends meetings and calls with senior lawyers, takes notes and undertakes follow up actions
• Demonstrates the ability to provide assistance in basic legal and procedural areas
• Drafts and proof reads documents and presentations
• Develops professional relationships and client skills; the Trainee Lawyer will learn to build working-relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including becoming confident in front of such stakeholders and quickly earning their trust
• Ensures that client matter files are kept up to date with correspondence and documents
• Participates in the legal department's marketing and networking strategies as directed
• Conducts general administrative tasks alongside other trainees or legal assistants
• Develops and delivers training, and legal risk management initiatives, to assist management in strategically managing legal risks (e.g. business training, legal updates, regulatory newsletters, etc.)
• Supports implementation of best-practices in compliance, contract management, intellectual property, data privacy and M&A
• Helps co-ordinate projects

Location:

CDMX - 1458 Avenida Insurgentes Sur

Brand:

Carat

Time Type:

Part time

Contract Type:

Outsourced