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Legal Intern - Summer 2025

Avient Corporation
United States, Ohio, Avon Lake
33587 Walker Road (Show on map)
Mar 17, 2025
About Us Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough! 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 (May-August) This role provides an opportunity to gain exposure to many aspects of our business, provides first-hand knowledge of how an in-house legal department operates, and allows you to put into practice the legal research, writing and analytical skills you've learned. The Law Clerk can also participate in a company-wide 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. Education and Experience * Bachelor's 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) 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. Avient Leadership Behaviors * We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals. At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, 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 person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination 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 veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.