Description

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a current law student to join our dynamic team as a Year-Round Law Clerk!

This law clerk position offers the candidate the opportunity to gain experience in a corporate legal office through support of Sandia attorneys in a variety of legal subject matter areas, including privacy law, regulatory compliance, procurement and transactional law, and other corporate legal matters, as well as occasional opportunities to assist on labor and employment law and ERISA/employee benefits matters. Expected research covers not only multiple areas of law, but also multiple sources, federal and state common law, statutory law, and regulations. The law clerk is expected to exercise independent judgment concerning how the law will apply to specific facts and to communicate this determination to a supervising attorney in a concise manner with legal support. The law clerk prepares legal memoranda for attorney use both internally and occasionally for litigation. The law clerk is also expected to draft succinct and understandable educational materials for non-attorney Sandia employees to help them comply with relevant laws and regulations that impact their work.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Conduct legal research and writing
• Support attorneys on a variety of legal subject areas and matters, with a particular emphasis on privacy matters
• Work collaboratively with legal staff on a range of initiatives and legal proceedings

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range

At Sandia, we value the important work done by our interns and its contribution to National Security. Because of this, our interns earn competitive pay rates. Our pay structure is based on earned credit hours, classification, and degree level. Your pay rate will be determined during the hire process and included in your offer package. You can view the Intern Pay Rate chart here.

Qualifications We Require

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Earned bachelor's degree
• Currently attending and enrolled full time in a related accredited graduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 30 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

Qualifications We Desire

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in an accredited J.D. program
• Ability to work onsite 10-15 hours per week during the academic year and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Demonstrated proficiency in legal research and writing
• Ability to work independently, manage time while working on multiple projects, and communicate well
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L security clearance

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

About Our Team

Sandia's Legal and Prime Contract Division offers legal support and advice to leaders and subject matter experts at Sandia with respect to a wide variety of general law matters, including but not limited to privacy; corporate law issues; environment, safety and health; FOIA and Privacy Act; information, physical, and other security areas; government and other contracting; litigation; employment and labor; state and federal taxation; employee welfare and retirement benefit plans; intellectual property and technology transfer; and numerous other areas of the law applicable to a contractor to the U.S. Government. This position will be in Sandia's Regulatory & Contract Law Center with opportunities to support projects and assignments from attorneys in the Litigation, Labor, & Employment Law Center and Intellectual Property Law Center.

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.