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2026 Legal and Contracts Internship

Westminster, CO

 

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 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. 

We encourage university students at all levels to apply! Typically, our Legal & Contracts interns are graduate students or advanced undergraduates who have taken coursework in contract law, business law, regulatory or compliance-focused courses, legal research & writing to name a few. 

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. 
  • Conducts 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. $24-$36 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. Final deadline: Monday, February 23rd, 2026. 

 

 

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. 

 

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