About Convergint (a B-2-B, so not much name recognition among law students)
Convergint is a technology and global systems integrator focused on delivering results for our customers through unparalleled service excellence. At Convergint, our top priority is service in every way — service to customers, colleagues, and community. As an integrator, Convergint works alongside a global network of partners and manufacturers to design, install, and service security, fire alarm, life safety, audio-visual, and building automation solutions for enterprise customers. (For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74hEgvBbzoE&t=23s).
About the Internship
We are now entering our fourth year of paid 1L summer interns. Several have been invited back for externships, or for work during the semester, and some day we hope to offer one of our former interns permanent employment. I’ll be posting the opportunity in coming weeks, but interested parties can email me their resume directly. They eventually will have to apply as we also require an essay on what inclusion and diversity means to them (200 words or less) as we want to recruit individuals that care about our core values and beliefs.
Our interns have expressed that our internship was instrumental in helping them get their 2L firm jobs, which many of them desire. We offer an in house legal training program, where they are exposed to M&A, commercial contracting, litigation, corporate governance, and compliance. We ask that they designate whether they want commercial, compliance, or litigation as they apply, but they will get exposure to many areas of law. We engage over 100 law firms, many are top ranked. We have had interns from Loyola-Chicago, Wulaw, University of Chicago, Howard, UVA, Minnesota and USC.
Where our interns were employed during 2L summers:
Our interns have secured 2L summer internships at the following firms just as a quick highlight:
- Morgan Lewis
- Milbank
- DLA Piper
- Cooley
- Chicago based immigration law firm
- Rochester, NY based litigation law firm