Law Intern

Division: Canada - Toronto

Project Location(s): Toronto, ON M4C 1M5 CAN

Minimum Years Experience:

Travel Involved:

Job Type: Seasonal

Job Classification: Intern

Education:

Job Family: Insurance and Claims

Compensation: Intern Non-Exempt

Position Description:Assist with legal tasks under the supervision of Associate General Counsel. Provide general support within the Legal group.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide assistance with: Reviewing contracts to identify and summarize legal and commercial risks. Researching and analyzing legal issues. Reviewing and interpreting legislation, policies, and related documentation. Developing legal precedents and risk management resources. Support claims management and litigation processes through legal research
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in law school and pursuing a J.D., B.C.L., LL.B., or equivalent legal degree.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for learning about legal and risk management processes at Turner.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated through student leadership, volunteerism, or other community involvement.
• Be energetic, proactive, and eager to tackle new projects and ideas, with flexibility, adaptability, and creativity.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight while contributing effectively in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to accurately manage and document information.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to create presentations incorporating graphics, tables, and charts, and use collaboration technologies such as Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Outlook email and calendar functions, or similar applications.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel locally as required.
  
  
  

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.    

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.  The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.        

Turner Construction Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available, including for applicants with disabilities, in the application and recruitment process, upon request.