Attorney, Public Benefits
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida
Legal Extern, Enforcement
FINRA
part-time
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Location: Colorado, Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Spring
About the role
- Legal externs work closely with Enforcement’s attorneys, investigators and management to assist Enforcement in investigating possible violations of federal securities laws, FINRA, or MSRB rules
- Perform legal research and writing, and document review
- Assist staff to prepare for on-the-record testimony
- Opportunity to observe on-the-record interviews and settlement negotiations
- Attend departmental meetings and participate in trainings to build skills and knowledge
- Term of Position: Spring: January - April
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis
- The information provided is not comprehensive of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications
- FINRA enforces a Code of Conduct with investment/account disclosure requirements and requires employees to execute confidentiality and invention assignment agreement
Requirements
- Graduate student pursuing JD or LLM
- Securities law related course work and/or knowledge of securities law or brokerage regulations are not required, but preferred
- Securities industry experience is a plus
- Strong writing, analysis and research skills
- Strong work ethic, positive attitude and professional demeanor
- Ability to work with others to meet deadlines
- Ability to perform multiple tasks efficiently and accurately
- Fall and Spring externs must work a minimum of 12 hours weekly
- Externs must earn current course credits (determined by school) and cannot work purely as a volunteer
- FINRA requires at least one credit
- Applicants must submit: current resume, current transcript, legal writing sample, cover letter explaining interest, preferred posting location, and qualifications
- Successful applicants required to pass a drug screening test and a minimal background check prior to starting the externship
- Legal externs will not be eligible for permanent attorney positions following graduation
