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About the Legal Team

The LGCAI Legal Department serves as a strategic business partner to the company’s Americas operations. The team advises on a broad range of legal matters, including commercial and transactional work, labor and employment, immigration, environmental health and safety (EHS), regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and enterprise risk management. The Legal Department is also actively exploring and responsibly rolling out AI tools to enhance legal operations, improve efficiency, and support high‑quality legal analysis.

Program Overview:  The LGCAI Summer Associate Program offers law students the opportunity to gain hands‑on experience in an in‑house legal department at a global manufacturing company. This fully onsite program at LGCAI’s Buckhead office allows Summer Associates to work directly with in‑house counsel, collaborate with internal business clients, and gain exposure to a wide range of legal issues affecting large‑scale industrial and corporate operations.

Summer Associates will receive mentorship from experienced in‑house attorneys and will have opportunities to observe and participate in meetings with internal stakeholders, gaining insight into how legal advice is delivered in a corporate, operational environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Essential Functions: Summer Associates will assist the Legal Department with substantive legal and operational work, including:

• Legal Research & Analysis
  • Conduct research on federal, state, and local laws and regulations; prepare legal memoranda, summaries, and internal guidance materials.
• Transactional & Commercial Support
  • Assist with contract drafting, review, redlining, tracking, lifecycle management, and template optimization.
• Corporate Governance Support
  • Assist with board and committee materials, including board minutes, Secretary of State filings, entity management, and maintenance of corporate records.
• HR & Employment Law Support
  • Support Legal in providing guidance to Human Resources on labor and employment matters, including immigration related topics.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Support
  • Assist with legal review of safety policies, procedures, and compliance initiatives affecting manufacturing operations.
• Legal Operations & AI Enablement
  • Support initiatives related to the evaluation, implementation, and responsible rollout of AI tools within the Legal Department, including research into legal, ethical, and governance considerations relevant to AI use.
• Cross Functional Legal Support
  • Provide legal support to other LGCAI business functions and participate in meetings and projects with in house counsel and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: What We’re Looking For

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in an ABA accredited law school
• Preference for students who have completed at least one year of law school by Summer 2026
• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills
• Interest in corporate, transactional, governance, regulatory, or in house legal practice
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
• Professional judgment and effective communication skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with legal technology or contract management tools a plus

Professional & Confidentiality Expectations

Summer Associates will be expected to handle confidential and sensitive company information with professionalism and discretion and to comply with LGCAI’s internal policies, data protection requirements, and ethical guidelines, including those related to the use of AI tools.

Work Environment

The working conditions (including the general work environment, and table with physical/mental demands) in this job description reflect the typical conditions you can expect while performing the essential functions of this job. LGCAI provides reasonable accommodations – appropriate changes and adjustments – to applicants and employees to be considered for a job opening, enable them to perform a job, gain access to the workplace, and enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment.

General Work Environment.  The Corporate Paralegal Apprentice will work in an environment that includes vocal conversations, white noise and/or ventilation noise from AC or heat, external noise such as cars, trucks, sirens from passing vehicles, light construction in the building, sounds from large equipment, dust, moving to and from the office via elevators, florescent lighting, etc.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.