Spring Legal Intership

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Spring Legal Intership
The intern's responsibilities will include: Will be acting as a neutral third party, intern will discuss Firm services, answer questions, and conduct intakes with diverse artists and arts organizations. Intern will be involved in pairing mediators and arbitrators from Firm panel with cases, scheduling mediation and arbitration sessions, and observing those sessions as appropriate and with consent of the parties. Depending on experience, interns may act as conciliators, acting as a third party neutral “go-between” for the parties to the dispute. If has mediation experience, may be assigned as co-mediator for an appropriate disputes. Will also participate in special projects which may include research, organizing trainings, and writing articles about dispute resolution. Will be working directly with clients, attorneys, and other alternative dispute resolution professionals, intern will gain active listening and negotiation skills, and will learn how legal disputes are settled outside of court. Intern will learn about the issues facing artists and arts organizations and about the professionals in the who help resolve those issues. Intern will gain practical knowledge regarding the relative benefits of different types of alternative dispute resolution and litigation in artistic disputes. This internship is also an opportunity to gain real awareness and skills in the rapidly expanding and increasingly relevant field of alternative dispute resolution. Additionally, able to attend any of the educational programs provided by Lawyers for the Arts, examples are: Copyright Basics, Collaboration Agreements, and other Intellectual Property issues. Minimum 3 month commitment.

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