Emerging Technology, Commercial Negotiations, Derivatives, & LitigationProgram Mission
Polymarket is a prediction market company operating at the intersection of blockchain technology and regulated financial markets. We’re building the market for truth, where traders turn conviction about real-world events into tradable probabilities, and the public sees real-time probabilities about future events they care about. The Polymarket Legal Team is announcing a legal summer associate program designed to identify and develop sharp thinkers who thrive in a fast-moving environment where the business constantly innovates on what is possible. This program is ideal for individuals with the hustle, curiosity, and a drive to grow quickly in demanding environments. Expectations are high because the work demands it, and this is a team that thrives in challenging environments.
This summer associate program recognizes that talent and potential are not defined solely by traditional credentials. Many high-performing law students bring meaningful professional experience, technical skills, complex decision-making skills, experience managing competing priorities under pressure, and/or nontraditional career paths that strengthen their analytical judgment and resilience.
Program Overview
The Polymarket Legal Summer Associate Program provides paid, hands-on experience across a broad in-house legal platform, including:
- Emerging technologies (prediction markets, blockchain, digital assets, and AI)
- Data privacy and cybersecurity
- Commercial contracts and negotiations (including marketing and partnership agreements)
- Cleared derivatives and commodities regulation
- Federal, state, and international litigation
- Corporate governance and compliance
About Polymarket
Polymarket operates both an international blockchain-based prediction market platform and a federally regulated CFTC-registered derivatives exchange in the United States. Through these platforms, users trade event-based contracts tied to real-world outcomes.
Operating at the intersection of decentralized infrastructure and regulated financial markets, Polymarket engages complex legal issues involving digital assets, litigation, cross-border compliance, partnership negotiation, commodities regulation, market structure, and consumer protection. This structure provides Summer Associates exposure to both emerging market models and traditional regulatory frameworks.
Summer Associate Qualifications
(Eligible After Completion of 1L Year)
Applicants must:
- Have successfully completed their first year (1L) at an ABA-accredited law school
- Be in good academic standing
- Demonstrate strong research, writing, and analytical skills
- Submit a (1) resume, (2) cover letter, and (3) transcript
Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate value through academic work, professional experience, leadership, technical fluency, entrepreneurial initiatives, or other experiences reflecting intellectual rigor, resilience, and initiative. An optional 250-word statement may describe relevant interests, challenges navigated, or the perspective the applicant would bring to an in-house legal team.
Interest or exposure in one or more of the following areas is encouraged:
- FinTech, blockchain, and digital assets
- Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies
- Data privacy and cybersecurity
- Commercial contracts
- Financial regulation and market structure
- Cleared derivatives and commodities law
- Federal, state, or international litigation
