Intern, Legal Technology - Saint Paul, Minnesota, , United States

Position Information: · Start Date: June 8 – August 28, 2026 · Hours: 40 hours per week (9:00 – 5:00pm central) · Location: St. Paul, MN (Hybrid) · Compensation: $20.00/hour · Application deadline: Application will close once finalists are selected · Intern, Legal Technology: · A ...

Job description

Position Information:

• Start Date: June 8 – August 28, 2026
• Hours: 40 hours per week (9:00 – 5:00pm central)
• Location: St. Paul, MN (Hybrid)
• Compensation: $20.00/hour
• Application deadline: Application will close once finalists are selected

Intern, Legal Technology:

As a Legal Technology Intern, you'll help our team build an AI-powered, intuitively organized document system that transforms how legal documents are managed at Minnesota Public Radio. This hands-on role combines elements of law, information science, and AI coding—giving you the chance to work on real projects, explore innovative solutions, and gain contemporary skills. If successful, you will have an enterprise-grade reference project to add to your portfolio that will set you apart in a rapidly evolving field  

Key Learning Goals:

Through immersive learning and real-world projects, our goal is for you to:

• Learn how to engage with internal clients on an in-house legal team
• How to build ai-powered tools to solve a common information science problem (how to name and save documents at scale)

Together, these goals are designed to help you produce a meaningful, resume‑worthy project with real‑world application.

Responsibilities:

In this hands-on role, you will build a bot/script that will:

• Access and extract documents from email archives and existing file repositories
• Review document contents using AI/ML to identify key information (party names, document type, execution dates, subject matter)
• Automatically rename files according to a standardized naming convention
• File documents into our SharePoint site following a defined folder structure
• Generate logs/reports of what was processed and flag documents that need manual review

Additionally, you will also assist in defining a process (or helping to build a tool) for saving current documents at scale.

Benefits:

• Eligible to accrue sick time off
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan
• 100% paid for onsite parking or public transportation

Programming:

• Participate in a robust on-boarding experience
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspective of the organization
• Spend time with a compelling group of professionals on the legal team

Required Qualifications:

• Enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, or recent graduates (within the past 18 months)
• Must be able to work 40 hours per week (Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 5:00pm) for the duration of this internship
• Must be able work in the office (St. Paul, MN) at least 2 days per week
• Experience with or knowledge of best practices for document saving at scale
• Programming proficiency: Strong Python skills (or similar language) with experience in file manipulation and API integration
• Self-directed: Ability to work independently, research solutions, troubleshoot issues, and make technical decisions with minimal supervision
• AI/API experience: Prior experience using AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or similar) for text extraction or document processing
• Cloud platform knowledge: Experience with Microsoft Graph API or SharePoint integration (or demonstrated ability to learn quickly)
• Document handling: Familiarity with libraries for parsing PDFs, Word documents, and email formats

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with optical character recognition (OCR) for scanned documents
• Prior internship or project involving legal documents or regulated industries
• Understanding of data privacy and confidentiality best practices
• Experience with error handling, logging, and building robust batch-processing scripts

Next Step in the Application:

In addition to your skills and knowledge, we want to get to know you in the application process. Please include a cover letter (of no more than 1 page) with answers to the following:

• What interests you about this internship?
• What professional skills would you like to add to your toolbox in the months and years to come to grow in your career field?

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical Demands:
  • Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.
  • Required to move about in the community.
  • Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
  • Moderate noise level.
  • Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage members of diverse groups to apply.

 

MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM

Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media are grateful for the long-time, generous philanthropy of Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan for investing in the future of public media through transformational internships and fellowships. Their recent grant will significantly strengthen our internship program, produce enriching programming, and prepare the next generation for careers in public media. We are pleased to recognize this generous support in the name of the program – the MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM.