Legal Summer Associate

Mastercard is proud to be a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). As part of that commitment to strengthen the legal profession’s pipeline, Mastercard is seeking 5 1L students of diverse backgrounds to participate in our 1L LCLD Scholars summer fellowship program. Selected candidates will spend the summer with the legal teams that are responsible for providing comprehensive, end-to-end, strategic legal counsel and support to Mastercard’s business units and providing cutting edge products and services to Mastercard’s customers and cardholders.

Role Description:

Mastercard’s law department offers an engaging and paid legal summer fellowship that provides talented, first-year law students with diverse backgrounds from accredited law schools an opportunity to gain exceptional experience, build relationships and exposure across a variety of practice areas. Summer fellows will work under the supervision of attorneys in Mastercard’s law department and will benefit from training and feedback on substantive assignments, mentoring and professional development.

About you:

Mastercard’s 1L LCLD Scholars Diversity Fellowship Program seeks to attract talented, first-year law students with diverse backgrounds from accredited law schools. Successful applicants will have demonstrated superior academic achievement and will have distinguished themselves within their law school and communities. Each candidate will be evaluated individually. You must be enrolled in good standing at an ABA accredited law school and be authorized to work in the United States.

We encourage candidates who meet the following criteria to apply:

•  Inquisitive, with a positive attitude and willingness to learn;
•  Demonstrated academic achievement and in good academic standing;
•  Strong legal research, writing and analytical skills
•  Excellent written and oral communication skills;
•  Demonstrated leadership abilities;
•  Excellent interpersonal, team and collaboration skills;
•  Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment; and
•  Have completed your first year of law school.

Application Materials and Process:
•   Please submit a copy of your resume,
•   Undergraduate and law school transcripts (unofficial),
•   A brief personal statement addressing either, your interest in/views on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, obstacles you have overcome in pursuit of your legal career or examples of your leadership abilities, and
•   one (1) letter of recommendation
•   Please include all requirement in one combined pdf file no later than, February 28, 2025.
•   You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview

You must apply via the workday link in order to be considered: https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CampusApplyOnly/job/Purchase-New-York/Legal-Summer-Associate—Summer-2025–Purchase–NY_R-226795

Compensation: $19,250