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.
Skills Required
- Must be a full-time law student who will have completed the first year of law school before the internship begins
- Anticipated law school graduation in 2029
- Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills
- Sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and creative problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with a diverse team
- Highly motivated, adaptable, proactive, accurate, and detail-oriented
- Strong integrity and high ethical standards
- Interest in applying legal skills to commercial objectives and business realities
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson Controls and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson Controls.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
Johnson Controls Insights
What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
