Legal Intern

Location: Milwaukee-Wisconsin-United States of America

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

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

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.