The Legal Department's Litigation Team hosts a recruiting program that provides recent college graduates, who are interested in attending law school, an opportunity to gain hands on experience.
Here is a sample job description from the program, and the position is posted in early March of the preceding summer on the Captial One website.
Location: Either our Richmond, VA or McLean, VA offices
The Associate to assist in managing litigation matters. The position will report to a lawyer responsible for managing Capital One's litigation portfolios across the United States, and provide project management support for our in-house e-discovery team. This role will involve interaction with internal business associates and with internal and external legal counsel.
Job responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing and analyzing litigation matters
- Analyzing complaints, significant matters, motions, discovery, disputes, and fraud claims
- Performing research to independently gather internal documents and information relevant to cases
- Maintaining litigation case files, including pleadings, discovery, and correspondence
- Supporting internal and external legal counsel in identifying relevant account information and developing litigation strategies
- Managing interactions with external counsel and performing necessary research to respond to complaints, counterclaims and discovery requests
- Working a high volume caseload, managing competing priorities, and meeting litigation deadlines
- Working cases in an efficient and effective way to mitigate risk for the company
- Working with internal legal counsel and/or business clients to improve existing business practices and procedures
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
- At least 1 year of experience in either Google Workspace (formerly G Suite - Gmail and Google Docs and Drive) or Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- At least 1 year of experience in the legal field as a legal support associate
Preferred Qualifications:
- Successful completion of a paralegal studies program or a 4-year undergraduate degree
- Experience with electronic discovery, Relativity, and/or project managing litigation discovery
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects, and meet deadlines under pressure
- Capability to anticipate and resolve problems quickly and independently
- Skilled in planning and execution of special projects during time-critical assignments
- Decisive and direct, yet flexible in responding to the constant change of an organization
- Enthusiastic, creative, and willing to assume increased responsibility