Corporate Paralegal Specialist

Dow Inc.; La Marque (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Midland, MI is seeking a Paralegal Specialist to provide paralegal support across multiple legal practice areas (excluding Litigation) as a member of the Core Legal Practices Client Services team.

The role emphasizes work ethic, initiative, judgment, and collaboration, with a focus on timely turnarounds, quality work, and continuous learning in a fast-paced environment. You will work with a supportive team and contribute to practical legal solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Associate degree and commitment to earn Bachelors degree within three years; or relevant military experience at a U.S. E6 rank or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or higher.
• A minimum of 1 year of prior experience in a professional legal role.
• Demonstrated experience with contract/agreement processing, reviewing, drafting, negotiating, redlining, and amending.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming client requests, proactively assess such requests for gaps or legal risk, and apply work process standards to complete such requests.
• Adhere to established standards to drive consistency in service while identifying any areas of inefficiency, waste, or ambiguity.
• Meet or exceed committed turnaround times and positively impact metrics for the team and department.
• Work autonomously and serve as a valued team member. Successfully balance individual success with that of the larger team.
• Foster an environment of acceptance and inclusion through diverse perspectives, experience, expertise, education, personalities, and roles found in a global department and company.
• Increase professional development through large and varied book of work, fast pace, and high performance and productive environment that transcends all Legal department practice areas and geographies.
• Work with professional, successful, authentic, highly supportive, collegial, and fun colleagues with better together team mindset and shared team priorities of candor, transparency, cross-training, backup support, ongoing self and team improvement, and pride in work and achievement.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Corporate legal dept

Strong communication

Agile mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Military experience (US E6 / Canadian PO2)

Job description

Dow Midland, MI is seeking a Paralegal Specialist to provide paralegal support across multiple legal practice areas (excluding Litigation) as a member of the Core Legal Practices Client Services team.

The role emphasizes work ethic, initiative, judgment, and collaboration, with a focus on timely turnarounds, quality work, and continuous learning in a fast-paced environment. You will work with a supportive team and contribute to practical legal solutions.