Legal Intern

Organization: Corporate Functions/Legal and Commercial Services

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services - creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 [SL1] people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

People in Corporate Functions contribute to the running of Accenture as a high-performance business through specialization within a specific functional area and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Internship Description:

The summer internship program will provide interns the opportunity to work with attorneys who support the broad reach of Accenture's businesses. Other features of the program include:

· Participation in training programs presented by Accenture attorneys highlighting different areas of the business and the legal department;

· Pairing with an attorney who will serve as a manager during the program and provide guidance on projects;

· Pairing with a mentor who will serve as an additional advisor on resume review, interviewing, skill development, networking and other individual needs;

· Practice interviews and presentations and shadow attorneys on various projects;

· Opportunities to interview with selected local firms for potential 2L internships.

Required Qualifications:

· Be (or become) a member of the American Bar Association. Register here (http://abaforlawstudents.com/why-join/)

· Be enrolled at an ABA-accredited law school

· Be scheduled for graduation in spring 2027 (full-time students) or spring 2028 (part-time students).

In addition to providing your resume, please submit a cover letter which should include a brief statement about your qualifications for this internship and what interests you most about it. The cover letter is requirement for consideration for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Be a law student with a disability

· GPA of 3.0 for the first semester on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)

· Financial or business-related experience or interest

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.

We accept applications on an on-going basis. The deadline to apply is 01/15/2025.

Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits)

Salary range by location:

California $32.00 to $32.00Colorado $32.00 to $32.00

District of Columbia $32.00 to $32.00Maryland $32.00 to $32.00New York $32.00 to $32.00Washington $32.00 to $32.00

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