2026 Legal & Contracts Fall Internship

Advanced Space; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 27,552 - 39,950; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive internship pay

Mentorship from Legal & Contracts Team

In-person at Westminster, CO HQ

Job summary

Advanced Space in Westminster, CO is seeking a Legal & Contracts Fall Intern to support the Legal & Contracts Team by reviewing agreements, researching regulatory requirements, and preparing documentation for government and commercial programs.

The role offers hands-on exposure to aerospace regulations, compliance tasks, and contract lifecycle management while working closely with experienced professionals in a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergrad degree in legal studies, pre-law, political science, or related fields; or a JD/masters in a relevant area.
• Basic understanding of risk assessment and its role in contracts.
• Project management or process-improvement experience from school projects.
• Strong analytical writing and professional communication skills.
• Comfort with technical documents and complex agreements.
• Nice-to-have: familiarity with FAR/DFARS or government contracting concepts.

Responsibilities

• Prepare basic contract summaries and extract key terms under supervision.
• Assist with document formatting, version control, and template comparisons.
• Observe negotiation meetings to build foundational understanding of contracts.
• Research clauses, regulations, and customer requirements; summarize findings.
• Assist with compliance checklists and document organization.
• Learn foundational FAR/DFARS and NASA requirements.
• Identify inconsistencies or missing information in documents and escalate issues.
• Help maintain risk logs and tracking tools; support supplier communications.

Skills

Risk assessment

Project management

Analytical writing

Professional communication

Technical documents

FAR/DFARS familiarity

Education

Undergrad degree in Legal Studies/related fields

JD or Masters in related fields

Job description

About Us

The team at Advanced Space is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. Based in Westminster, Colorado, this incredible team is looking for a Legal & Contracts Fall Intern who will support the Legal & Contracts Team by reviewing agreements, researching regulatory requirements, and helping prepare documentation for government and commercial programs. Through hands‑on experience, you will be exposed to complex aerospace regulations, compliance tasks, and contract lifecycle management.

Advanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space through software and services that leverage unique subject matter expertise. We operate with core values: we are customer obsessed and mission focused; when we see it, we solve it; we are one team, motivated by our vision; and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Prepares basic contract summaries and extracts key terms under close supervision.
• Assists with document formatting, version control, and template comparisons.
• Observes internal and external negotiation meetings to build foundational understanding.
• Conduct preliminary research on clauses, regulations, and customer requirements.
• Performs basic research on regulations and summarizes findings for review.
• Assists with compliance checklists and document organization.
• Learns foundational FAR/DFARS and NASA requirements.
• Flags obvious inconsistencies in documents for supervisor review.
• Identifies obvious inconsistencies or missing information in documents.
• Assists with risk logs and tracking tools.
• Escalates potential issues to supervisors promptly.
• Learns basic risk categories (technical, schedule, financial, regulatory).
• Assists with supplier documentation and data entry.
• Tracks basic subcontract milestones.
• Supports supplier communication under supervision.
• Learns subcontract terminology and flow‑down concepts.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Working toward a undergraduate degree in Legal Studies, Pre‑Law or Political Science, Business Administration or Management, Public Policy, or Public Administration. Or, a law degree (JD) or Masters in any of the above areas.
• Basic understanding of risk assessment.
• Project management or process‑improvement experience (school project).
• Strong analytical writing.
• Comfort with technical documents.
• Professional communication skills

Nice to have

• Familiarity with government contracting (FAR/DFARS)
• Exposure to export controls (ITAR/EAR)
• Experience with contract management tools

Compensation/Perks

• Competitive internship compensation. $20-$29 per hour; based on year in school
• Mentorship and guidance from Legal & Contracts Team.
• Collaborative work environment at our Westminster, Colorado headquarters.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident/green card holder, or protected individual).
• Must be able to work in‑person at our Westminster, CO headquarters.
• Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

About the company

Advanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space through software and services that leverage unique subject matter expertise. The company is actively supporting mission and cutting‑edge capabilities spanning commercial, civil, and national security customers. Our core business is focused on three areas: (1) mission enabling services, (2) technology solutions and (3) mission solutions. Through its mission enabling services, Advanced Space provides mission and flight optimization, mission design, mission systems engineering. With its technology solutions Advanced Space provides its customers with trusted AI/ML/autonomy expertise, flight‑demonstrated applications, and analysis at scale. Advanced Space offers Mission Solutions with unique turn‑key missions, data and capabilities purchases and demonstrated cislunar and Martian success. Advanced Space is mission focused as the owner and operator of CAPSTONE for NASA and Prime contractor for Oracle for AFRL.

These competencies are leveraged by a dynamic, flexible, and agile team with cross domain knowledge. We have a small but growing team that works collaboratively across projects. We provide flexibility, and an opportunity for passionate employees to contribute directly to meaningful projects. Trusted to take on the challenge, the team at Advanced Space is Delivering Innovation to Orbit to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Advanced Space, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Advanced Space, LLC recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.