Legal Fellow

About Tripadvisor 

The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

What you’ll do:

The Legal Fellow is involved in all aspects of the Tripadvisor brand’s legal matters, including contract drafting and negotiation, intellectual property, litigation threat assessment and management, internet law, consumer marketing law, international legal issues, regulatory matters and compliance, and other emerging issues. You will act as an extension of the broader Legal team and be expected to build and maintain your own relationships to foster cross-functional trust and productivity. Examples of responsibilities include:

• Drafting and negotiating a high volume of contracts with partners and vendors, including non-disclosure, master services, digital advertising, content license, data processing, partnership and software licensing agreements for Tripadvisor and its affiliate companies (“Tripadvisor Group”). As they gain experience, Legal Fellows are expected to proactively take assignments from existing intake channels.
• Managing the Tripadvisor Group’s intake of copyright notice and takedown requests, drafting responses, and tracking the statuses of a high volume of copyright complaints.
• Reviewing, drafting and responding to defamation and free speech claims and occasional small claims litigation, including presenting at weekly Litigation Team meetings, and responding to subpoenas, law enforcement requests for information, and consumer complaints
• Drafting and tracking intellectual property enforcement actions (such as cease-and-desist letters) worldwide.
• Assisting in-house and external intellectual property counsel with compiling metrics, evidence of use, and administrative paperwork for international trademark portfolio maintenance.
• Assisting with the management of Tripadvisor Group contract templates, including reviewing and updating to comply with changes in law or business practices.
• Making occasional updates to terms of use and privacy policies for the Tripadvisor Group.
• Conducting and communicating the findings from legal research projects on commercial, intellectual property, marketing, regulatory, and consumer protection matters.
• Assisting with locating, organizing and managing contracts. 
• Support for multiple business units, including but not limited to: procurement, marketing, product and sales across all Tripadvisor brand verticals.

What we are looking for:

• Candidates must be 2026 law school graduates (and planning to take a U.S. state bar exam in the summer of 2026). Please do not apply if you have already graduated from law school. Ideally willing and able to work from Tripadvisor’s Needham, MA headquarters at least several days per month.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and decision-making in day-to-day work.
• Proven ability to operate effectively with a global-first mindset
• Resume and transcript required; cover letter strongly recommended.
• Drive and ability to proactively take on problem-solving, acute tasks, and larger projects and see all matters through to completion.
• Resourcefulness and creativity while drafting, communicating, and completing projects when faced with novel problems and situations without obvious solutions.
• Strong reading comprehension and professional writing skills (including grammar and email etiquette) required.
• Ideal candidates have a noted interest in commercial contracts, intellectual property, cyberlaw, litigation, digital media and advertising, and/or marketing law.
• Excellent grades, relevant clinic and internship experience and/or law journal experience preferred.
• Ability and desire to proactively build relationships with internal clients and other members of the Legal team both virtually and in person.

About the Legal Fellow Program:

The Legal Fellow Program is a 2-year program for new law school graduates. At any given time, Tripadvisor’s Legal team aims to have two Legal Fellows in the program, one as a first-year Legal Fellow and the other a second-year Legal Fellow. The first-year Legal Fellow is mentored by the second-year Legal Fellow, as well as other members of the Legal Team.

Program Expectations:

• Legal Fellows are expected to begin the Fellow Program shortly after sitting for their U.S. state bar exam in July of their graduation year and remain in the Fellow Program for approximately two years.
• Legal Fellows are expected to pass their US state bar exam and gain in-house experience as a practicing attorney. Any concerns regarding a specific U.S. state par exam or retaking of the bar exam will be addressed on a case-by-case basis
• Legal Fellows are expected to seek employment outside of Tripadvisor upon completion of the Fellow Program.
• Legal Fellows work closely with their managers during this time for guidance, mentorship and timing considerations.

*Please include your resume, cover letter and transcript with your application*

What We Offer 

• Flexible activity-based working fostered collaboration and productivity
• Inclusive global travelers community welcoming diverse perspectives
• Competitive salary package 
• Development programs, managerial courses, and learning series
• Health insurance covers medical, dental, and vision for families (varies by country)
• Lifestyle Reimbursement Benefit for personal travel, and physical, mental, and financial wellness
• Several paid time off programs, including time to bond with new children and care for family members. Paid public holidays, and year-end office shutdown
• Employee assistance program for short-term counseling and free Calm app subscription
• State-of-the-art offices: dining, coffee points, and leisure areas

Our Cultural Pillars:

Traveler first

We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us. 

Execution is our edge

We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges. 

We succeed together

The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.

The salary range for this role is $85,000 - $90,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee’s pay position within the wage range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. This compensation range may also be modified in the future.

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at [email protected].

If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at [email protected]. We have all the answers!

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