Legal Intern
- Pay
- $29 per hour
- Location
- Milwaukee-Wisconsin-United States of America
- Listed
- 3 days ago
About the role
Johnson Controls Summer Legal Internship Program
Position Summary
Johnson Controls is seeking enthusiastic first-year law students for a 10-week paid summer 2027 internship with our in-house legal team. The program offers meaningful, hands-on experience and an opportunity to see how lawyers support a complex global business.
Interns will gain exposure to a variety of corporate legal matters, including contracts, litigation, labor & employment, intellectual property, data privacy, compliance, investigations, and mergers & acquisitions. Working alongside members of our collaborative legal team, interns will contribute to substantive projects and develop a practical understanding of in-house legal practice.
Location
The internship is based primarily at Johnson Controls' North America Headquarters in Glendale, WI.
Responsibilities
As a member of the Johnson Controls Legal Department, you will work closely with members of the in-house legal team, business professionals across the enterprise, and outside counsel.
Responsibilities may include
- Conducting substantive legal research and analysis
- Drafting legal memoranda and other written work product
- Reviewing contracts and other documents
- Identifying and analyzing legal, compliance, and business risks
- Supporting legal projects and matters across a variety of practice areas
Required Experience
Candidates must be full-time law students who will have completed their first year of law school immediately before the start of the summer 2027 internship.
Qualifications
- Anticipated law school graduation in 2029
- Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
- Sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and creative problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly
- Highly motivated, adaptable, and able to collaborate with a diverse team
- Proactive and able to respond thoughtfully and efficiently in a dynamic environment
- Accurate and detail-oriented
- Uncompromising integrity and high ethical standards personally and professionally
- Interest in understanding how to apply legal skills to commercial objectives and business realities
Pay and benefits
HIRING HOURLY RANGE: $29.00/hour (Hourly rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package.
Who We Are
Johnson Controls is a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization. For more than 140 years, we have helped shape the indoor environments where the world's most important work gets done. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services, and an industry-leading field organization, we help customers improve building performance, use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with greater precision and resilience.
The Johnson Controls Legal Department provides high-quality legal advice to protect, empower, and enable our business. We help our colleagues develop practical solutions that manage legal and compliance risk while achieving business objectives.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.
From Jci's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 7, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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