Avalara is inviting applications from eligible candidates for its legal internship opportunity in Durham, North Carolina.
About Avalara
Avalara provides a leading suite of cloud-based solutions designed to improve accuracy and efficiency by automating tax compliance. It delivers tax compliance in real-time to more than 30,000 customers with more than 1,200 signed partner integrations designed to link to business applications used for accounting, ERP, e-commerce, POS, recurring billing, and CRM systems.
About the Opportunity
Avalara is inviting applications from eligible candidates for its legal internship opportunity in Durham, North Carolina.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Managing the legal team’s work intake through a ticketing system and keeping attorneys apprised of high-priority requests from internal business partners.
- Managing administrative tasks, such as organizing, signing, and saving agreements.
- Editing, reviewing, and drafting a variety of contractual arrangements, such as non-disclosure agreements, requested variances to Avalara service terms and conditions, partner agreements, vendor service agreements and forms, marketing agreements, etc.
- Processing routine legal support requests.
- Responding to requests from internal business clients for information or general support.
- Working on special projects and conducting legal research on topics to address issues identified by the legal team.
- Educating the legal team on a variety of topics through presentations or other communications.
Essential Requirements
- Be located in Seattle, Washington, or Durham, North Carolina.
- Be an incoming Juris Doctor candidate or rising 2L student.
- Be able to work effectively on-site in our Seattle or Durham office.
- Be an energetic, reliable self-starter who is eager to learn and grow.
- Have demonstrated strong research and writing skills.
- Have excellent time management skills and the ability to respond quickly to requests.
- Be able to separate work and school commitments, and
- Be able to work at least 10-15 hours per week during the school year and around 40 hours per week during the summer.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates can apply through the link provided at the end of this post.
Location
Durham, North Carolina.
