Don’t freeze your skillset to the last century ??

Come in from the legal COLD!

Very excited to launch?Checklist Legal's ?? C.O.L.D. Cadetship ??

Our legal internship focused on Contract Operations and Legal Design in our B Corp certified commercial law firm.

?? Practical training that focuses on the law in action…

??Learn how to turn real-life business issues into solutions…

??Research and write about exciting changes in commercial law and contracts...

??Get up to your elbows in real-life contracts...

??Review, draft, design, and automate commercial agreements

Brrr... it's cold in here, there must be some legal design in the atmosphere... ??

This is a free, unpaid internship. Keen? ???Register here ?

More details below...

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?? COLD Cadetship

Checklist Legal's internship into all things Contract Operations & Legal Design

About the COLD Cadetship

Don’t freeze your skillset to the last century. Not your average internship. Practical training that focuses on the law in action… how to turn real life business issues into solutions… and gain skills in an evergreen area… contracts!

Our COLD Cadetship (an internship in Contract Operations and Legal Design) will offer you the following experiences:

• Minimum 15 working days (~105 hours, 15 x 7 hour days), one day per week
• Get up to your elbows in real life contracts; Reviewing, drafting and amending commercial contracts
• Update and review legal templates and precedents
• Researching exciting and changing areas of law e.g. unfair contract terms, contract interpretation, privacy)

This is a free, unpaid internship. Keen? ???Register here ?

Areas covered

Depending on the student skill set, our clients’ needs, and our current projects, a COLD Cadetship may cover some of the following areas:

Legal Services

• Contract review and drafting
• Client meetings and note taking
• Issue research and advice writing
• Pro bono services for NFP clients

Contract Operations

• Service Design and legal process mapping?
• Legal content design and assessment
• Automation and optimisation
• Contract Document design / information design and formatting

Build and grow

• Build tools for internal use
• Build tools for external clients
• Workshops: Plan, Deliver, Reflect

More than Law

• B Corp basics
• Conscious Contracting
• Design Thinking and Visual law: Explaining legal concepts with graphics, flowcharts, infographics, and icons

Content creation: Writing and research

• Exploring the future of contracting (Smart Contracts, VR and AR contracting, AI contract reviews)
• Business Basics: Create guides and help for basic business concepts (e.g. Signing a contract, Business Searches)
• Law News and Case Studies

About Checklist Legal

Checklist Legal is a B Corp certified law firm (one of only a handful in Australia). Our unique combination of practical and technical skills allows us to specialise in human-centred contract operations.? We fix contracts!

• We work with a range of purpose-focused women in business and law.
• Our clients range from national law firms, B Corps, small in-house legal teams, scaling SaaS startups, and small businesses.

About our Legal Director

Verity White, Legal Director and Chief Contract Enthusiast

When Verity was a law student, she highly valued her own internship experience which placed her at a large corporate organisation and set her on a path of commercial legal practice.

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Now, 10+ years later, Verity wants to give similar opportunities for growth and practical experience to other students, in her design-led, commercial law firm.?

• Verity is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Law and the Legal Director at Checklist Legal.
• Verity is also a LUMA Institute certified Human Centred Design practitioner as well as an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she taught Contract Design for Automation.
• Connect with Verity on LinkedIn and Instagram for more details on her current projects.

Selection Criteria

Open to all law students from 2nd year onwards who have completed Contract Law (or equivalent) subject

• We encourage First Nations students, mature age students, and neurodiverse students to apply.
• We especially encourage women to apply (even if you think you might not 100% meet the requirements)
• Whilst we are open for a blended remote style, in-person sessions will be needed for onboarding and delivery at our South Yarra office.
• Selection is based on students’ demonstrated interest areas, as well as client needs and project workload.

For example, a student who claims they love contracts and commercial law might demonstrate their love by writing articles about contracts on LinkedIn, engaging in contract and commercial law discussions on social media, building out contract assembly tools using low / no code automation apps, or reading and reviewing books about contracts and legal design.

For example, we might have a large project that happens to involve redesigning an onboarding process for a boutique law firm and a student might have previously worked at a boutique law firm.

Register your interest

Register your interest below and we’ll be in touch in March 2023 with more details. In your application, please include:

• Why you are interested in our firm and the COLD cadetship
• At least one COLD pun
• Your LinkedIn profile
• Any other supporting documentation you think we’d love

??Register here ?