Intern - Legal Operations
Description
2026 Summer Legal Operations Intern
American Credit Acceptance will not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas or immigration benefits for this position. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring immigration sponsorship now or in the future.
Position Summary:
American Credit Acceptance is seeking a highly organized Legal Operations Intern to support the Legal Department during Summer 2026. This role combines legal exposure with operational and administrative process support, providing experience in legal workflows, document management, compliance coordination, and corporate agreements.
American Credit Acceptance is seeking a highly organized Legal Operations Intern to support the Legal Department during Summer 2026. This role combines legal exposure with operational and administrative process support, providing experience in legal workflows, document management, compliance coordination, and corporate agreements.
The ideal candidate enjoys organization, process improvement, and working in a collaborative corporate setting.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
- Review and provide research-based feedback on commercial agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employment law related matters, AI and information security provisions, and additional legal documents
- Research and review relevant legislation and regulatory developments to support company-wide compliance and governance operations
- Organize and maintain legal agreements, case files, ongoing Legal Department initiatives, and research
- Assist with commercial agreement library development, prepare summaries, reports, and research findings related to commercial, regulatory, and privacy law for legal leadership
- Assist with administrative legal support from time to time, including phone calls, scanning, filing, and data entry
- Handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion
- Support additional business initiatives and projects as assigned
Location:
- Fully onsite in Spartanburg, SC with no hybrid or remote available.
- Qualifications
- Current college student (or recent college graduate) pursuing a degree in Pre-Law, Political Science, Legal Studies, Business, Economics, or related program
- Rising college junior, senior, or recent college graduate with an interest in law school
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent writing, editing, research, and organizational abilities
- Demonstrated academic achievement and interest in law or corporate legal operations
- High attention to detail and ability to manage confidential information professionally
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel
- Familiarity with legal research tools or databases is a plus
Preferred Qualifications
- Interest in corporate, transactional, compliance, or in-house legal work
- Previous internship, administrative, or professional office experience preferred
- Ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
EEO Statement
ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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