As a legal intern, you will support legal teams in various areas including corporate governance and compliance, and conduct legal research.
Requisition Number: 2345924
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Are you looking to gain legal experience within a highly successful business across Ireland and the UK? As a legal intern at Optum Ireland & UK, you will experience what it is like to provide legal advice and support to the group's fast-growing businesses in Ireland and the UK and would work closely with various legal teams across affiliate companies in the US and Europe. You will be exposed to a number of our key practice areas, including corporate governance, real estate, compliance, commercial contracts, technology, and intellectual property. We will provide continuous support throughout your internship and you will have the opportunity to work directly with a team of five lawyers and various business teams.
This full-time intern position will start in in June 2026.
This internship will last for 3 months, and the successful candidate may elect to be based in the Dublin office or the Letterkenny office.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:
You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Are you looking to gain legal experience within a highly successful business across Ireland and the UK? As a legal intern at Optum Ireland & UK, you will experience what it is like to provide legal advice and support to the group's fast-growing businesses in Ireland and the UK and would work closely with various legal teams across affiliate companies in the US and Europe. You will be exposed to a number of our key practice areas, including corporate governance, real estate, compliance, commercial contracts, technology, and intellectual property. We will provide continuous support throughout your internship and you will have the opportunity to work directly with a team of five lawyers and various business teams.
This full-time intern position will start in in June 2026.
This internship will last for 3 months, and the successful candidate may elect to be based in the Dublin office or the Letterkenny office.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Introduction to challenging and interesting legal work in an in-house environment supporting sites in Ireland and the UK over a 3 month period
- Working under the guidance of lawyers on a large variety of legal issues
- Attending both internal and external training sessions and meetings alongside members of the Legal Team
- Collaborating with colleagues across Optum Ireland & UK and affiliate businesses
- Collaborating to work in partnership with other support teams throughout the business, including Finance, Tax, Compliance and Privacy
- Conduct comprehensive legal research relevant to the company's operations in various jurisdictions
You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a law degree (or a recent graduate of a law degree)
- Proven solid academic background
- Demonstrates a genuine interest in and understanding of law
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and team player
- Demonstrated excellent organizational skills and solid work ethic
- Proven ability to be a self-starter that shows initiative and is capable of taking ownership of projects
- You are open to developing skills, not only in the law, but also in the areas of business and innovation
- You must be available from June to August 2026
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven previous legal experience
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
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