About Legal Chain
Legal Chain is building the next generation of legal infrastructure—where AI-driven intelligence, blockchain-backed trust, and legal rigor converge. Our platform helps individuals, startups, nonprofits, and legal professionals draft, analyze, and manage legal documents with built-in risk assessment, compliance validation, and tamper-evident security.
We’re looking for a Risk Analyst Intern with programming skills to help design and implement the analytical backbone of our legal risk-scoring engine.
What You’ll Do
As a Risk Analyst Intern, you’ll work directly with our product, legal, and engineering teams to translate legal risk into measurable, programmable systems.
- Analyze legal documents (contracts, NDAs, MSAs, etc.) to identify risk patterns and red-flag clauses
- Help design risk-scoring frameworks for legal documents across different use cases
- Translate legal and compliance concepts into structured logic and data models
- Write and test scripts to support risk analysis, scoring, and validation workflows
- Collaborate with engineers to integrate risk logic into Legal Chain’s AI pipeline
- Assist with building audit trails and explainability for risk decisions
- Research regulatory, contractual, and jurisdictional risk factors where applicable
What We’re Looking For
Required
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Law & Technology, Risk Management, or a related field
- Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail
- Programming ability in Python (preferred) or another relevant language
- Comfort working with data, logic trees, or rule-based systems
- Ability to explain complex ideas clearly (written and verbal)
Nice to Have
- Exposure to contracts, compliance, legal analysis, or financial risk
- Familiarity with NLP, machine learning concepts, or LLM workflows
- Experience with data visualization, scoring models, or classification systems
- Interest in legal tech, AI governance, or blockchain-based systems
Why This Internship Matters
- Work on real, production-grade legal AI systems
- Learn how risk is modeled, scored, and explained in high-stakes domains
- Gain experience at the intersection of law, AI, data, and trust infrastructure
- Direct mentorship from founders and senior operators
- Opportunity to convert to a long-term role as Legal Chain scales
How to Apply
Send a brief note with:
- Your resume
- A short description of any technical or analytical projects you’ve worked on (GitHub links welcome)
Risk Analyst Intern – Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Risk Analyst Intern role at Legal Chain?
The Risk Analyst Intern role focuses on helping Legal Chain design and implement legal risk-scoring systems. Interns analyze contracts, identify risk patterns, and translate legal and compliance concepts into programmable logic used in our AI-powered legal workflows.
What kind of programming skills are required?
We prefer experience with Python, but other programming languages are welcome. You should be comfortable writing scripts, working with structured data, and implementing logic-based or analytical workflows.
Do I need a legal background to apply?
No prior legal experience is required. However, an interest in contracts, compliance, risk analysis, or legal technology is strongly encouraged. We provide exposure to real-world legal use cases.
Who is this internship best suited for?
This internship is ideal for students or recent graduates in data science, computer science, engineering, economics, risk management, or law-and-technology programs who enjoy analytical problem-solving and working across disciplines.
What will I learn during this internship?
You’ll learn how legal risk is modeled, scored, and explained in production AI systems. You’ll gain hands-on experience at the intersection of law, AI, analytics, and blockchain-backed trust infrastructure.
Is this a paid internship?
Compensation details depend on location, availability, and experience. Please include your availability and expectations when applying.
Is this role remote?
Yes. The Risk Analyst Intern position is remote, with preference for candidates based in the United States.
Is there an opportunity for a full-time role?
High-performing interns may be considered for extended internships or full-time roles as Legal Chain continues to scale.
