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Hey Guys,

So I was working on that resume and something came up.

For in house positions is there a better job title description that legal intern? Summer Law class?

Any ideas, or am I stuck with Legal Intern.

I have already interned in other areas and I dont want to to describe every job title as intern.

Whatever the employer refers to your position as is the best way to go. I don't think anyone will knock you for calling it what it is, and unless you've worked there for a considerable amount of time to render it an actual job/career, they will assume it's a short stint meaning internship.

TLSUSER22 wrote:Hey Guys,

So I was working on that resume and something came up.

For in house positions is there a better job title description that legal intern? Summer Law class?

Any ideas, or am I stuck with Legal Intern.

I have already interned in other areas and I dont want to to describe every job title as intern.

If you were in a specific in-house department, you can put the department before it to spice up "legal intern."
e.g. "Securities Litigation Intern" or "Compliance and Regulatory Intern"

suzige wrote:Whatever the employer refers to your position as is the best way to go. I don't think anyone will knock you for calling it what it is, and unless you've worked there for a considerable amount of time to render it an actual job/career, they will assume it's a short stint meaning internship.

This.

For instance I am working corporate in-house but they call it a Summer Associate and XYZ Fellow at Company ABC. So I just have that on my resume.

If they call it summer associate call it that. For all else call it a law clerk.

I generally change the name of the title to suit my personal needs. Sometimes it's Summer Associate. Other days it's Law Clerk. Other days it's Litigation Law Clerk. Other days its Real Estate Law Clerk. However, if it comes down to an official application like online or in-person, then I put the real name: Legal Intern.

UMich11 wrote:

suzige wrote:Whatever the employer refers to your position as is the best way to go. I don't think anyone will knock you for calling it what it is, and unless you've worked there for a considerable amount of time to render it an actual job/career, they will assume it's a short stint meaning internship.

This.

For instance I am working corporate in-house but they call it a Summer Associate and XYZ Fellow at Company ABC. So I just have that on my resume.

Agree, adopt the name of the position as your employer refers to it (on an offer letter, job description, etc.). You don't want someone doing a background check in the future to call your past HR departments and for there to be any confusion about misrepresenting your job title.

Has anyone encountered a situation where the Firm uses summer clerk and Summer Associate interchangeably? I.e. Some partners call it SC, other's SA, Symplicity calls it one, but the Website another, some documents say SA, other's SC, HR calls it SA in some correspondence, but SC in others etc.

sequins wrote:Has anyone encountered a situation where the Firm uses Summer Clerk and Summer Associate interchangeably? I.e. Some partners call it SC, other's SA, Symplicity calls it one, but the Website another, some documents say SA, other's SC, HR calls it SA in some correspondence, but SC in others etc.

I mean it really doesn't matter. Just use "Summer Associate" as that is what it is widely known as.