Legal/Risk Management Intern (Summer 2025)

Department: Office of the General Counsel

Location: Albany, NY

Apply by end of day: October 27th

Note: This posting will close earlier than October 27, 2024, if 75 applications are received prior to that date.

Position Summary

The Legal/Risk Management Intern will work with two highly collaborative teams, splitting their time between the Office of the General Counsel and NYSTRS- Risk Management Department. They will have exposure to a wide variety of legal, compliance, and enterprise risk management issues. The intern will primarily focus on pension benefit work. The intern will also have exposure to the legal investment, transactional, and legislative work as well as other areas as department needs dictate and time permits.

The Intern may be permitted to work remotely up to 40% at the discretion of the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

Currently enrolled in law school with at least one semester completed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service

• Strong research and writing skills

• Excellent communication skills

Work Modality

The Intern may be permitted to work remotely up to 40% at the discretion of the supervisor.

Job Duties

The duties of the Legal/Risk Management Intern (Summer 2025) include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• Reviewing legal documents submitted to NYSTRS (i.e. trusts, POAs, domestic relations orders)

• Responding to member and retiree inquiries regarding legal issues

• Assisting with Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests

• Researching relevant legal issues and drafting memoranda of law

• Assisting with documentation and policy organization

• Reviewing compliance policies and procedures

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

As NYSTRS, the Legal Department, and the Risk Management Department needs dictate.

Salary Grade

This is a non-graded position.

Salary Range

$20.00 per hour.

Job Type

Temporary

EEO STATEMENT

At NYSTRS, diversity, equity, and inclusion are integral to our mission of providing our members with a secure pension and exceptional customer service. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture where all diversity is valued and recognized as a source of strength and enrichment across all operations.

NYSTRS is proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender expression or identity, national origin, age, ability and disability status, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. We are committed to being a workplace that attracts, supports, and retains talented individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences while championing equal opportunity across recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

All applications to NYSTRS should be done via our website (https://nystrs.hrmdirect.com/employment/job-openings.php?search=true&dept=-1&city=-1&state=-1) . NYSTRS will never ask you to submit private information via email or direct you to submit private information to another site as part of our recruitment process.