Legal Intern

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls invites first-year law students to a 10-week paid summer internship with our in-house legal team. You'll gain hands-on exposure to corporate matters, including contracts, litigation, IP, data privacy, and compliance, while supporting experienced attorneys.

Based at our North America Headquarters in Glendale, this program offers meaningful projects and a view into how lawyers support a global business, with mentoring and opportunities to develop practical in-house legal skills.

Qualifications

• Must be a full-time law student who has completed their first year before start.
• Anticipated law school graduation in 2029.
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills are essential.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Conduct substantive legal research and analysis.
• Draft legal memoranda and other written work products.
• Review contracts and other documents for accuracy and risk.
• Identify and analyze legal, compliance, and business risks.
• Support legal projects across multiple practice areas.

Job description

Johnson Controls Summer Legal Internship Program

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.

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

• 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

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. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

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.

Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of Buildings Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission‑critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet. At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.