Legal Intern

Location: 

 Woking, Surrey

Duration: 

 3 months

Role: 

 Internship

Paid/Expenses/Unpaid: 

 Expenses

Terms: 

 Full-time

Suitable for: 

 Newly qualified lawyer

 Lawyer with less than 5 years experience

Suitable for individuals with experience in: 

• Completed the Legal Practice Course (as a minimum);
• Enthusiasm and commitment to personal and professional development;
• Proven interest in and commitment to learning about new areas of law and developing an understanding of working within an INGO;
• The ability to work in a culturally diverse global organisation;
• Good oral and written communication skills; and
• The ability to understand and solve legal problems.

To apply, send an email to: 

fraser.simpson@plan-international.org

Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan's vision is of a world in which all children realise their full potential in societies that respect people's rights and dignity, our aim is to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.

About the internship

The Legal Intern will work as part of the Legal & Governance Team at Plan’s International Headquarters, based in Woking, Surrey. The Legal Intern will work directly with members of the Legal & Governance Team as well as with other staff from across Plan globally. The internship will last ideally for a period of 3 months.

The purpose of the internship is to give lawyers with an interest in international development some experience of working in a global development organisation focussed on children’s rights. 

As a legal intern at Plan, you will:

• Work on a wide variety of matters and legal areas, ranging from general commercial law to corporate governance and law relating to global non-for-profit organisations;
• Enjoy a flexible and interesting workload; and
• Experience life as an in-house lawyer in the international development sector.

Normal office hours are 9 -5pm Monday to Friday.

Examples of tasks/projects undertaken by previous legal interns include:

• Commercial contracts – reviewing/drafting/negotiating commercial contracts, partnership/collaboration arrangements, IT contracts etc.;
• Legal input to programmatic development work;
• Employment matters – researching/advising on employment issues;
• IP matters – reviewing/advising on trademark issues; and
• Governance – reviewing/amending bylaws, liaising with external legal counselon US non-for-profit issues.

This is a voluntary position and will not lead to an offer of paid or permanent work on completion, however reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed.