Legal Operations Internship

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single persons daily commute to reducing humanitys collective environmental footprint weve got huge goals.

As a Legal Operations Intern you will join our global legal team in a non-attorney role working closely with a team of highly dedicated and dynamic legal professionals and lawyers. You will be fully integrated into the global legal team and you will gain experience in managing complex global tech procurement processes reviewing legal documents and supporting legal counseling on various product and technology-related questions. This is an opportunity to work in a leading cutting edge high-tech company alongside extraordinary professionals and to be a part of a fascinating and evolving tech field. Your work as a Legal Operations Intern will gain you experience and insight into the legal and tech fields and will help you make the most of your time at law school and prepare you well for a post-graduation role as an attorney.

Who You Are:

• A bachelor of law candidate in a leading academic institute with at least 12 months before your Bar internship starts.
• Passionate about law.
• Meticulous and vigilant with keen attention to details.
• Motivated and curious.
• Fluent in English. Fluency in another language is a big plus.
• Enthusiastic about technology innovation and on-demand transportation.
• Willing to wear multiple hats and work on projects of all types big and small.
• Energetic and enjoys working autonomously.
• Willing to work flexible hours as required to engage with your team in different time zones.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excited by high-tech culture workspace and development.
• A positive can-do attitude good judgment and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
• Strong organizational and communication skills and an eagerness to help others.
• At least 1 year of professional experience (or relevant work-study) is required. Legal experience is not mandatory.
• Practical experience or an academic focus on intellectual property law patent law high-tech law contract law or privacy law will definitely catch our eyes but its not a must.
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence tools and related regulations is a strong advantage.

What you will do:

• Support complex global procurement processes and review vendor contracts.
• Review and draft legal documents under the supervision of an attorney.
• Manage organize and maintain files in the companys shared cloud storage system.
• Assist the legal team in advising on various product and technology-related issues including using artificial intelligence tools open-source software privacy and more.
• Create legal summaries and work documents.
• Provide administrative support and assist with special projects as assigned.

Were Via and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. Were driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs healthcare and education. With our best in class suite of products we make transit thrive.

Our teams of worldclass engineers data-scientists product managers operations specialists marketers transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012 Via builds solutions to digitize automate and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses microtransit paratransit school buses autonomous vehicles and more.

If youre excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation are up for solving tough problems and willing to become/already are a transit nerd we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Ready to join the ride

Via is an equal opportunity employer.