We are a boutique employment law firm located in downtown Flushing, where we conduct a diverse practice and specialize in employment wage-and-hour and discrimination litigation.
SEEKING one or two highly motivated college student on a rolling basis for the Fall 2023 semester.
The internship program is offered in our bustling downtown Flushing, where we conduct a diverse practice specializing in EMPLOYMENT LAW.
The fall internship is full-time, with a preference for seniors.
Please include your proposed start and end date, and if student, your proposed schedule in the application email.
This internship is the perfect opportunity for you to expose yourself to all aspects of the litigation process, hone your general skill set in database and calendar management skills while also making a positive impact for the immigrant-worker community in the United States. At the end of the three month term, you will have exposed yourself to all areas of litigation.
Interning at Troy Law puts you at the cutting edge of the nation’s wage-and-hour and employment litigation advocacy. We are one of the largest firms in case load in the nation’s Fair Labor Standards Act wage-and-hour litigation, and the largest firm in case loads for the Chinese-American immigrant community, with over 300 cases pending in federal and state courts throughout the nation.
It is a challenge that demands a demonstrated interest in the employment and consumer protection law, the keen intellectual curiosity of an academic and a passion for public interest. The experience, exposure and relationships you gain here will put you on a path to a distinguished career in the public services. The connections you forge and the experience you gain are invaluable, and Troy Team alumni have gone on become federal and state judicial clerks, civil rights attorneys at the ACLU, Legal Aid Society, and Public Defenders’ Offices, leaders in the ABA, NYSBA, and NYC Bar Non-Profit/ Public Interest Sector, and associates at Big Law.
You will be joining a diverse group of talented professionals in a close-knit team working to fight fiercely for the rights of the American immigrant worker community and fearlessly to protect the everyday consumers from big corporations. Fellow coworkers serve as mentors and are graduates of top law schools and universities across the nation including Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Columbia, NYU, Fordham, Cornell, Boston, Vanderbilt, Emory and Tulane Law Schools.
As 85% of our clients are Chinese-speaking immigrant workers and 10% of our clients are Spanish-speaking immigrant workers, fluency in either Chinese or Spanish is strongly preferred, and should be noted on your application.
Internship Timeline
Interns are accepted on a rolling basis until filled.
If accepted, during the internship, you will expect to gain expertise in all aspects of civil litigation process, including serving and drafting affidavits of service; draft mediation/ settlement position letters; propounding and responding to interrogatories, document production requests, requests to admit; drafting affidavits in support of motions of default and conditional collective certification; and enforcement of judgments. You will additionally have received training in Court Filing (ECF/ NYSCEF), legal research (WestLaw and LexisNexis) and have attended depositions or shadowed attorneys to court conferences, and communicating with state and federal agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
You will be assigned administrative tasks, including the docketing of court emails, submission of electronics permit requests for conferences in the Southern District federal court, rescheduling court conferences with the judge and opposing counsel, and the mailing out of Notice of Pendency to potential Fair Labor Standards Act Conditional Collective Certification opt-in Plaintiffs.
The internship may also lead to future employment.
The successful applicant must be available for an in-person interview in Flushing, Queens. The scheduling is flexible.
