The Home Depot Legal: Emerging Tech Regulations Externship

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Strategy & Consulting

Work with The Home Depot's Legal team to research the emerging AI, privacy, and biometrics regulations reshaping retail, and deliver risk and compliance recommendations that inform how THD responds.

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Overview

In this externship program, students will learn strategic consulting skills to analyze and evaluate challenges from non-profit organizations using consulting frameworks, in an overall effort to help them solve their important problems. Selected individuals will be paired with a specific non-profit organization and dive into their strategic problems, such as development, impact assessment, process improvements, talent engagement, communication, and strategic positioning. Throughout this externship program, professionals from PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) will provide mentorship and coaching.

The Experience

Learn about the strategy consulting process and how to help create value for a non-profit client based on their vision and mission
Research and develop an understanding of a given field
Analyze complex problems ranging from fundraising and development, stakeholder management, impact measurement, as well as use consulting frameworks to help identify problem areas and propose solutions
Learn to gather, analyze, and visualize data to inform problem areas and possible solutions
Create and deliver a compelling presentation to a non-profit client that incorporates valuable insights, trends, and recommendations

Qualifications

Ambitious undergraduate students with an interest in consulting, strategy, and non-profits. This program is for students who would like to understand the consulting profession while generating ideas to help impact non-profit organizations.

Program Overview

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In this remote 8-week externship, you will work alongside The Home Depot's Legal team to understand how a large retailer navigates the fast-moving landscape of AI, privacy, and data-use regulation. You will work in one of two research lanes — Surveillance & Algorithmic Pricing or Biometrics & Facial Recognition — both sitting under a shared AI-governance umbrella.

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You will develop a consulting-style legal and compliance recommendation for how THD should respond to the state and federal laws most relevant to your lane, analyzing how those laws apply to THD's business practices and translating that analysis into concrete risk and compliance recommendations.

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Throughout, you will practice conducting legal research responsibly — verifying sources, cross-referencing authorities, and separating what the law actually says from inference — before delivering an executive presentation that informs THD leadership of the risks, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations these regulations create.

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Who Should Apply

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This externship is a strong fit for students interested in law, public policy, compliance, or government affairs, particularly those curious about how emerging technology and AI regulation intersect with business practice. You do not need to be a law student or have formal legal training. Students from any field who are detail-oriented, comfortable with independent research, and want hands-on experience translating statutes into practical business recommendations are encouraged to apply.

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What You'll Deliver

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A one-page memo exploring THD's business model and the regulatory landscape relevant to your chosen lane
A Regulatory Landscape & Focus Brief mapping the state and federal laws and bills in process, plus the one regulatory issue you'll analyze in depth
An Impact & Risk Analysis and draft Compliance Recommendation assessing how that issue applies to THD's practices
A research-verification note documenting how each cited legal authority was confirmed
A Final Presentation Deck with recommendations and next steps for The Home Depot's legal leadership

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Skills You'll Gain

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Legal and regulatory literacy across state and federal AI, privacy, and biometrics law
Statutory and legislative research, including multi-state surveys and tracking bills in process
Responsible research practice — source verification, cross-referencing authorities, and guarding against AI-generated hallucinations
Applying law to facts — reasoning about how a regulation touches a specific business
Risk identification, compliance analysis, and policy-implication thinking
Synthesis and executive, consulting-style communication

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Why This Externship?

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Work directly with The Home Depot's Legal team on a live question of AI and data-privacy regulation
Research real state and federal laws affecting one of the world's largest retailers
Practice separating verified legal authority from inference — a core skill for any legal or compliance career
Develop a consulting-style pitch reviewed by Extern program managers, with top presentations delivered live to THD legal leadership
Gain exposure to one of the largest home improvement brands in the world

Externship Currently Closed
New applications are not currently being accepted.

Apply by August 31, 2026

The application process includes written and interview segments. Spots are limited and students are admitted on a rolling basis. Apply as soon as possible.

Part-time and fully remote

This externship is a 10-hour-per-week fully remote experience.

Starts September 14, 2026

This remote externship will last 8 weeks.

$1000 Stipend

Students who successfully complete their required deliverables will receive their stipends at the end of the program.

Eligibility

Must be undergraduate sophomore, junior or senior attending college or university in the United States.

About

The Home Depot

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Founded in 1978, The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement retailer, with 2,300 stores across North America and nearly 500,000 associates. Guided by eight core principles, including taking care of people, doing the right thing, giving back, and delivering excellent service, The Home Depot strives to put customers and associates first, believing that everything else will follow. To learn more about The Home Depot, please visit our about page.

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