Legal Intern - Summer 2025
Legal Intern - Summer 2025
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Job Description
To perform this position successfully an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Education and Experience
In addition to the Avient Competencies required for all jobs the following qualifications are required for this job:
Education and Experience
Bachelors degree required
Currently pursuing a law degree 1L and 2L)
Minimum 3.0 GPA required 3.5 highly preferred
Previous work experience a plus but not required
Additional Qualifications
Ability to work independently with strong time management and organizational skills
Analytical skills with strong attention to detail
Effective research and writing skills
Strong team orientation and the ability to work within a collaborative environment
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desire to learn and develop within the legal field
Requires excellent computer skills (Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint)
Competencies
Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles while supporting individual and career development.
Physical Demands
The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical and environmental demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Requires standing and sitting for prolonged periods of time talking and listening.
Typical work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.
Environmental Health Safety & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema the worlds strongest fiber enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for enduse applications including ballistic personal protection marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated thus advancing a more circular economy
- Lightweighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal glass and wood which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency renewable energy natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work. For more information visit www.avient.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a worldclass sustainable organization built on innovation collaboration and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture values and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring promotion development compensation or advancement are based solely on a persons qualifications abilities experience and performance.
Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of nondiscrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race sex sexual orientation gender identity age color religion national origin disability genetic information protected veterans status or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local law.
Job Summary
Avient is seeking a Law Clerk for summer 2024. The Law Clerk will support the Corporate Legal Department. The ideal candidate will be local to the Cleveland area and able to work full time during the summer months (MayAugust) This role provides an opportunity to gain exposure to many aspects of our business provides firsthand knowledge of how an inhouse legal department operates and allows you to put into practice the legal research writing and analytical skills youve learned. The Law Clerk can also participate in a companywide summer intern program that promotes professional development networking and community involvement.
Essential Functions
Assist all members of the Corporate Legal Department with projects in a wide variety of areas for example contract review and revision negotiation support and special projects
Work on legal projects in areas to include due diligence mergers and acquisitions support corporate governance employment and labor relations intellectual property commercial and antitrust
Analyze and summarize detailed legal documents to include contracts; recommend strategy where applicable
Research and analyze the law on complex issues and write memos as necessary/requested
Other projects as assigned.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
