Legal Intern

Patterson isn't just a place to work, it's a partner that cares about your success.
One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.
Patterson Companies has an exciting opportunity to participate in our summer Internship Program! This internship runs from the beginning of June through the beginning of August 2024. The intern will participate in meaningful work, along with making contributions to team efforts in our fast paced, people first corporate environment. This internship will be a hybrid position working both remotely and on-site at our corporate office located in Eagan, MN.
Responsibilities:
Assist the employment law legal team with a variety of tasks related to advice giving, litigation, and employment law practices. Tasks might include the following, depending on need:

• Perform legal research, including gathering and analyzing multi state requirements on a variety of employment law issues. Look for patterns and evaluate application to organization practices and policies.
• Correspond with members of the employment law legal team to gather and organize information and documents. May conduct interviews and relay information and instructions at the direction of counsel.
• Summarize documents and prepare chronologies, workflows, reports and similar documents
• Organize files and distribute information and resources as instructed by counsel
• Design employment law risk audits; test and review audit results and establish appropriate action plans to mitigate legal risk.
• Review files prepared by HR in response to employee personnel file requests in order to comply with jurisdiction requirements.
• Schedule and attend meetings, take notes and coordinate follow-up actions as needed

Job Qualifications

• 2L or 3L student at an accredited law school
• 1Ls with professional work experience in the area of employment law (such as paralegal or HR/employee relations experience) will be considered
• Proficiency with Office products to include MS Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

• Preferred Qualifications
  
  • Experience with MS Visio, MS Forms
  • Knowledge of or experience with Affirmative Action Plan requirements

What's In It For You:
We provide competitive benefits, unique incentive programs and rewards for our eligible employees:

• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits and an integrated Wellness Program.
• 401(k) Match Retirement Savings Plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays.
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO).
• Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement).
• Full Paid Parental and Adoption Leave.
• LifeWorks (Employee Assistance Program).
• Patterson Perks Program.

EEO Statement
EOE, including disability/vets.
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