legal engineer intern

About the Role

The Legal Engineer Intern role is a full-time, remote position focused on helping design, build, and optimize legal systems and workflows for Team Counsel’s clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Mapping legal processes.
• Assisting with contract lifecycle design.
• Supporting playbook and template development.
• Documenting legal workflows and requirements.
• Translating legal needs into practical systems, including structured documentation, checklists, and automated workflows.
• Researching legal operations best practices.
• Performing basic data analysis related to contracts or processes.
• Quality assurance on system configurations and knowledge bases.
• Contributing to internal knowledge sharing and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Comfort working with technology tools and platforms (e.g., productivity suites, document management systems, workflow or automation tools).
• Willingness to learn new software.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and structure legal information, including contracts, policies, and workflows, with strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear documentation, process maps, and concise summaries for legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, critical thinking, and a systematic approach to problem-solving, particularly in process or operations-related work.
• Interest in legal operations, legal technology, or contract management.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment, manage multiple tasks, and collaborate effectively across disciplines and time zones.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in law, business, information systems, or a related field.
• Exposure to corporate, commercial, or startup law is an advantage.
• Experience with basic data analysis, process mapping, or project management methodologies is beneficial but not required.