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The community you will join:

Airbnb is seeking Legal Interns to join the Privacy team for a summer internship (full-time - 40 hours per week) from May 20th to August 2nd (date are not flexible).

The Airbnb Legal Privacy team supports the entire Airbnb business, including product development and privacy compliance requirements. Airbnb is a global company and the Legal Privacy team works to protect our hosts’ and guests’ data rights everywhere. We support the Product, Cybersecurity, Policy, Litigation, Research, and Corporate legal teams, among others. We provide guidance on privacy laws globally, including U.S. state and federal privacy laws, the EU’s GDPR, and Brazil’s LGPD, and we collaborate with the Airbnb policy team on proposed privacy legislation.

The ideal candidate must have a solid understanding of privacy law terminology and principles and function independently in a demanding fast-paced environment. We’re looking for a highly adaptable and collaborative person who can handle ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities with flexibility, patience, and poise.

The difference you will make:

As an intern, you’ll be integrated into a team where you’ll contribute to challenging projects. Your manager, team, and our incredible employee community will strive to be superhosts to you during the summer. We provide the support, mentorship, fun, and real world experience needed to accelerate your learning and make a real impact on our product, as Airbnb revolutionizes connection, belonging, and travel.

A typical day:

Working with an in-house specialized privacy team is a rare and valuable opportunity to gain practical experience. Our privacy internship program stands apart in that it offers a sustained period of substantive project work. Past interns have provided a great amount of help to the Legal Privacy team, including researching new privacy  laws and  regulations and reviewing draft privacy agreements. For example, our privacy interns have supported implementing new state privacy law requirements and have interacted with global legal counterparts, engineers, and the Privacy operations team while working on cutting edge privacy issues. Past interns have gone on to secure full- or part-time employment with a number of dynamic technology companies.

As an intern, you’ll be expected: 

• Collaborate with multiple team members to achieve project milestones
• Communicate with the legal team and other stakeholders to provide project updates
• Proactively seek and provide feedback throughout the internship
• Actively participate in and contribute to the legal and broader Airbnb community

Your expertise:

This opportunity is for second-year (2L) or third-year (3L) students enrolled full-time at a nationally-accredited law school with the following background:

• At least one of the following: completed one privacy course, received CIPP (e.g., US or EU) certification, OR have previous experience within the privacy space
• Strong interest in learning about in-house legal practice, specifically in Privacy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, detail-oriented and organized
• Comfortable reaching out and initiating communication with various team members 
• Strong interpersonal skills and interest in building relationships and collaborating with teams within and outside of Legal
• Adaptable and able to adjust plans and manage changes effectively
• Able to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to review and distill information from multiple sources into concise and pertinent legal memoranda 
• Work authorization for employment in the United States is required (CPT/OPT is accepted) - visa sponsorship is unavailable

Your location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from. 

How to apply:

As part of your application package, you’ll be asked to submit the following: (1) a resume, (2) unofficial transcripts showing privacy coursework or CIPP certification documentation, and (3) a cover letter that addresses the following:

• how one or more Airbnb Core Values resonates with you,
• why you are interested in privacy, 
• what positive significant impact this internship will provide for you, and
• how your background meets the expertise requirements above.

Important note: We are currently hiring for two internship opportunities with the Privacy team, one for the Spring semester and one for the Summer. If you are open to BOTH opportunities, only submit an application for the Spring position. In the application, you will be able to indicate if you are flexible and open to being considered for either semester.

Application deadline: January 8th at 12pm PST

Our commitment to inclusion & belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com.

How we’ll take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career or degree level. This role may also be eligible for benefits and Employee Travel Credits.