Legal Intern, Estate Planning
Location: Clifton, New Jersey
Schedule: 20 to 30 hours per week, with the possibility of full-time hours
Pay: $20 per hour
Position Type: Paid Internship, In Office
Rosenblum Law is seeking a motivated Legal Intern to support our growing estate planning practice in our Clifton office.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role for someone who is serious about pursuing a legal career and wants practical experience working with attorneys, legal documents, signing ceremonies, and estate planning clients.
The right candidate will be detail-oriented, comfortable communicating with clients, and able to produce clear and accurate written work. This position is well suited for a current law student, someone preparing to attend law school, or someone actively considering a long-term career in the legal profession.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys and legal staff with estate planning matters
- Review client information and estate planning questionnaires for accuracy and completeness
- Help organize information relating to clients, family members, assets, beneficiaries, and appointed decision-makers
- Prepare, review, and update documents, spreadsheets, client summaries, and internal records
- Communicate with clients regarding the status of their matters, outstanding information, upcoming appointments, and next steps
- Meet and communicate with clients by phone, email, video, and in person
- Follow up with clients regarding missing information and outstanding items
- Assist with estate planning signing ceremonies, including preparing documents, coordinating logistics, welcoming clients, and helping ensure the signing process runs smoothly
- Help clients understand what is needed from them throughout the estate planning process
- Enter and maintain accurate information in the firm’s systems
- Assist with document preparation, quality control, and administrative support
- Help ensure that clients receive clear, responsive, and professional service
- Prior experience or exposure to estate planning
- Strong interest in pursuing a career in law
- Current law student, prospective law student, recent graduate, or someone actively considering law school
- Strong English writing, grammar, and communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify inconsistencies, errors, or missing information
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office tools
- Comfortable speaking with clients and discussing personal or sensitive information professionally
- Client-centered, patient, organized, and dependable
- Able to manage multiple assignments and follow established processes
- Able to work independently while also collaborating with attorneys and legal staff
- Available to work in our Clifton office for at least 20 hours per week
Preferred Experience
- Previous customer service, sales, intake, hospitality, or other client-facing experience
- Experience working in a law firm or professional services environment
- Experience communicating with clients by phone, email, and in person
- Familiarity with trusts, wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, beneficiary designations, or estate planning questionnaires
Schedule
- Candidates must be able to work between 20 and 30 hours per week in our Clifton office.
- Full-time hours may be available based on the candidate’s availability and the needs of the firm.
- This is an in-office position and is not a remote internship.
Compensation
This is a paid internship at $20 per hour.
What You Will Gain
You will receive practical experience working inside a growing estate planning practice.
You will have the opportunity to work with attorneys, communicate directly with clients, assist with signing ceremonies, improve your legal writing and document-review skills, and learn how estate plans are developed from the initial client meeting through drafting and execution.
This role provides meaningful exposure to the legal profession and the day-to-day operations of a law firm.
We are looking for someone who cares about doing accurate work, communicates well with clients, enjoys helping people, and wants to build a career in law.
Job description provided by Rosenblum Law.
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