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About the Program

The Legal Analyst program is a two-year program at the firm. Legal Analysts will assist lawyers in all aspects of the firm’s caseload, ranging from conducting research, to drafting legal documents, to handling marketing and certain organizational tasks. This unique and challenging position provides Legal Analysts with the ability to perform hands-on work every stage of a case, and it provides Legal Analysts with exposure to complex civil and criminal disputes. It is an excellent opportunity for those pursuing a legal career.

The Legal Analyst program is an essential component of the firm, and as such, Legal Analysts are entrusted with a number of responsibilities. Working under the close supervision of our attorneys and partners, analysts will assist in: initiating cases, investigating fraud and misconduct, conducting research, drafting briefs and supporting papers, filing documents with the courts, communicating with clients, preparing for trial, serving as a liaison between attorneys and the courts, contributing to the firm’s marketing and social media strategy, and handling general firm administrative tasks, among other responsibilities.

Training

We recruit Legal Analysts from undergraduate schools across the country and offer significant opportunities for learning and growth at the firm. We provide Legal Analysts with the knowledge and tools to excel both at the firm and throughout their professional careers. Beginning on their first day, Legal Analysts will undergo an intensive training period, including attending regular training sessions with the firm’s senior partner, attorneys, and senior Legal Analysts. We believe that training is an ongoing process, in which Legal Analysts will continue to learn from attorneys and from one another throughout their two years here. We take special care to make sure that all new Legal Analysts are brought up to speed with respect to their responsibilities, as well as with respect to the firm’s culture and expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Superior writing and editing skills

• Knowledge of WestLaw (preferred, but not required)

• Strong computer skills (proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe)

• An ability to work quickly and efficiently under strict deadlines

• Excellent communication skills

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy

• Initiative, resourcefulness, and an ability to work independently as well as closely with others

• An ability to multitask and prioritize

Application Instructions

Please submit the following materials to mgmt@balestrierefirm.com, with the subject heading, as appropriate, of “Legal Analyst Application“:

• Cover Letter

• Resume

• Writing sample of no more than 5-7 pages

• Unofficial copy of an up-to-date transcript

• List of at least three references (including at least one employer reference). Include an email address and phone number for each reference.

If the firm’s posting is not available on your school’s career services portable, please simply send these materials to the above e-mail address.

Balestriere is a private trials and investigations law firm. We’re looking for law school students who want a meaningful summer experience performing substantive work on cases, including both our business and public service contingency matters and with levels of responsibility typically reserved for associates at other law firms. In the past, summer law students have worked on projects including:

• Drafting complaints against one of the world’s largest companies in a major, complex class action.

• Research on procedural and policy aspects of class action lawsuits.

• Writing first and later drafts of memoranda of law filed in current cases.

• Researching all cases decided by a judge regarding arbitration agreements.

• Interviewing witnesses for criminal cases in state court.

• Assisting in depositions in a regulatory action before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

• Preparing for and assisting at trial.

• Development of a marketing strategy for the law firm.

• Intense research on how fees are awarded in the different kinds of cases which the firm handles.

• Transcribing manuals on litigation procedure or substantive law.

• Filing documents in court and serving documents on adversaries or witnesses.

Who Should Apply

The firm is currently seeking law students as apprentices for the Summer 2025 session for full and part time work.

Requirements

Law students must have completed at least one year of school before beginning the apprenticeship.

Apprentices must be very careful in their work, pay attention to detail, possess excellent writing and research skills, be ready to take initiative and be creative, work well in teams, but also be able to slog away in a given project by themselves, be willing to do whatever work is necessary for a given matter or research project, and be prepared to work on multiple tasks in multiple cases over the course of their apprenticeship.

We, in turn, will meet our responsibility to make the apprenticeship a challenging and rewarding one and to involve apprentices as much as possible in our work. Committed apprentices have become integral parts of the firm in very short order. Past apprentices have written papers with lawyers at the firm or joined the firm as attorneys.

Time Commitment

For any period deemed full time, apprentices must work in the firm at least four full days a week, though five days a week is preferred, and may be required at times to use their own laptops. For any period deemed part time, apprentices must work in the firm at least one full day a week when school is in session, though two days in the office are strongly encouraged, and must perform at least 15 hours of work per week (in and out of office).

We understand that, during the semester, school is a student’s top priority. At the same time, if a apprentice commits to working a certain number of days or on a given project at the beginning of the apprenticeship, we expect the apprentice to fulfill that commitment.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants should submit the following to mgmt@balestrierefirm.com as soon as possible:

• Cover letter

• Resume

• Writing sample

• Unofficial copy of an up to date transcript.

• List of at least three references (including at least one employer reference). Include an email address and phone number for each reference.

Write “2025 Summer Legal Apprentice Application” in the subject heading of the e-mail.

Please submit the following materials with the subject heading of “Junior Associate Application“:

• Cover Letter

• Resume

• Two writing samples including at least one memorandum of law. Note: Each writing sample must include a cover letter listing the responsibility level in authoring that sample as well as a brief description of the sample.

• Unofficial copy of a final law school transcript.

• List of at least three references (including at least two employer references). Include an email address and phone number for each reference. Note that we shall not contact references prior to contacting the applicant.

Senior associates at Balestriere have enormous case responsibility and get real experience running matters, advocating for clients in court and arbitrations, advising clients, and driving our cases to win.

Only lawyers interested in having real responsibility, developing their skills, and having significant input in how a case proceeds should apply. We are only interested in hiring senior associates who can eventually become partners at the firm and who have an entrepreneurial mindset. Significant writing experience is essential and, beyond cultural fit, is the primary criterion in determining who we will bring on. Experience in running cases and standing on your feet in courts and arbitrations is helpful. Hours can be long, as in any firm handling top end, high value, complicated domestic and international disputes. But senior associates in particular have a great deal of freedom over how they work to meet their responsibilities.

Please submit the following materials with the subject heading of “Senior Associate Application“:

• Cover Letter

• Resume

• Two writing samples including at least one memorandum of law. Note: Each writing sample shall include a cover letter listing the responsibility level in authoring that sample as well as a brief description of the sample.