Shumaker & Sieffert seeks 1L students with a science or engineering undergraduate degree who are interested in patent prosecution for a 1L Internship through the Meta 1L Diversity Internship program.  We are excited to offer one 1L student a 10-week paid summer associate position in our Woodbury, MN office for the summer of 2022, with the last two weeks working at our corporate partner Meta.  Please submit a cover letter, resume, undergraduate transcripts, law school transcripts, (and graduate school transcripts if applicable), and writing sample to recruiting@ssiplaw.com.  We encourage submissions as soon as possible.  (The position may be partly or entirely remote, depending on health guidance at the time.)


Program Description

Meta’s 1L Diversity Internship Program gives diverse rising 2L students the opportunity to gain substantive legal experience at a law firm and at Meta Legal. Interns will spend up to eight weeks at a law firm and an additional two weeks at Meta. The law firm will employ the intern for the full duration of the program (up to ten weeks) and the intern is seconded at Meta Legal for the last two weeks of the program.

The Meta portion of the program will be remote and interns will have the following opportunities:

  • In-house legal projects (e.g., shadowing meetings and drafting/reviewing work product, etc.)
  • Practice Area Seminars conducted by our in-house counsel that highlight the issues that Meta Legal handles
  • Mentoring by Meta in-house counsel
  • Virtual Social Events  

About Meta

Meta’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Meta are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we’re just getting started.