Top Legal Jobs in Washington, DC

Provide strategic employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions; lead complex advisory and contentious employee matters; implement scalable legal solutions; drive cross-functional initiatives; build team knowledge resources and governance; manage external local counsel and oversee complex employment projects.

Provide day-to-day legal support to commercial, marketing, and functional teams across Dental Solutions and Health Information Systems. Review routine commercial and operational matters, support marketing/claims and contracting activities, maintain legal templates and processes, deliver training, coordinate with Regulatory, IP, Privacy, and Compliance, and help ensure timely, compliant business execution.

Provide legal administrative support including attorney time entry and pre-bills, drafting and formatting legal documents, preparing expense reports and new business memos, maintaining electronic files and contacts, scheduling and travel assistance, mailings and binder creation, research, backup coverage for colleagues, and special projects.

Part-time legal research intern to read and analyze judicial opinions, verify AI-extracted outputs against source materials, identify errors or edge cases, and collaborate with legal researchers and ML engineers. 10–20 hours/week; ideal for 2L or 3L law students.

Support attorneys with legal research, document preparation (briefs, memos, reports), case management, and regulatory monitoring. Analyze environmental law issues, maintain organized case files, collaborate on case strategies, and assist in preparing materials for client matters.

Author and verify rigorous multiple-choice legal assessment items for AI benchmarks across multiple legal specialties. Create clear, self-contained questions with one correct answer and nine plausible distractors, classify difficulty, provide structured solution explanations and references, and review/edit questions for legal accuracy and clarity. Work remotely, asynchronously, as an independent contractor, committing 10+ hours weekly.

Lead and scale legal operations and compliance functions: manage contract lifecycle and CLM workflows, corporate governance and entity records, compliance calendars and policies, fleet financing documentation and UCC support, outside counsel relationships, and legal technology to standardize processes and enable growth across finance, people, and operations teams.

Provide legal support for U.S. and international Defense business, including reviewing and negotiating government and vendor contracts, advising on FAR/DFARS, export controls (EAR/ITAR), data rights, proposal compliance, compliance programs, internal investigations, policy drafting, and supporting international defense growth.

Build and run the holding companys day-to-day legal function across portfolio companies: intake and triage, contract template management, outside counsel coordination, routine commercial contract negotiation, entity governance, post-acquisition legal integration, and escalation of specialist matters.

Provide legal and regulatory oversight for Starlink products worldwide: analyze regulatory requirements, manage license applications and filings, review marketing, handle regulatory complaints, design scalable compliance processes, automate recurring tasks, and support cross-team regulatory compliance efforts for product launches and operations.

Provide remote administrative and legal support to law firms: manage schedules, coordinate meetings, draft documents, perform legal research, communicate with clients, and maintain organized workflows. Must adapt to legal software and digital tools, multitask, and uphold high attention to detail and professionalism.

Manage construction defect litigation and complex third-party claim files, perform coverage analysis, manage outside counsel, conduct legal research and file audits, advise on negotiations/mediations, recommend reserves/payments, and support policy form review and claims reporting to senior management.

Assist in launching and maintaining venture capital firms globally, managing legal and operational matters while collaborating with partners and clients.

Provide U.S. regulatory legal counsel on crypto and financial matters, coordinate with agencies and internal teams on investigations, enforcement, AML/sanctions compliance, remediation, and regulatory filings, and advise on evolving U.S. regulatory developments affecting the business.

The Paralegal supports attorneys with immigration cases by managing documentation, communicating with clients, and ensuring timely submissions. They organize records, enter data, and maintain clear communication throughout the legal process.

Provide litigation-focused administrative support: manage calendars and travel, handle client intake and electronic file maintenance, prepare and e-file court documents, coordinate billing and expenses, and assist attorneys and billing specialists to advance cases to final disposition.

Provide executive-level administrative support to a regulatory attorney: manage calendar, travel, billing, meetings, documents, filing systems, draft and proofread materials, supervise and mentor support staff, coordinate projects and client communications, and use firm software and research tools to ensure timely, accurate delivery of work.

Edit and proofread pre-bill narratives to ensure accuracy, clarity, and compliance with firm and client billing guidelines. Collaborate with attorneys, billing, and finance teams to standardize and refine time-entry descriptions, perform invoice quality assurance, maintain confidentiality, and support billing process improvements and style guides.

Manage full contract lifecycle including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, executing, and maintaining contracts. Route approvals and signatures, manage expirations, support template and clause library development, assist with corporate filings and subpoena responses, advise stakeholders on contracting best practices and regulatory compliance, and oversee departmental operations in leaders absence.

Provide commercial legal support for sales, finance, product, and engineering: draft, review, and negotiate SaaS, partner, vendor, and NDAs; identify data, IP, and privacy risks; build templates and playbooks; use AI-assisted contract tools to streamline workflows; coordinate with data acquisition, product, and privacy teams.

Provide accurate, timely legal support on consumer-facing matters; handle complex client inquiries across channels with professionalism and empathy; serve as escalation point; create and update scripts/procedures; assist project managers; monitor case health, identify errors, and implement resolutions.

Provide senior-level legal expertise to design, evaluate, and benchmark AI systems for legal tasks. Review AI outputs, create task specifications and reference solutions, develop evaluation frameworks and scoring guidelines, and give structured feedback. Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and program teams to translate professional legal judgment into consistent evaluation standards.

Edit and optimize high volumes of AI-assisted legal marketing content for U.S. law firms. Ensure legal accuracy, SEO best practices, persuasive conversion-focused copy, consistent tone, citations, and formatting. Collaborate with writers and SEO teams, manage multiple deadlines, and maintain quality while staying current on SEO and AI writing trends.

The Executive Legal Assistant supports high-level administrative tasks including case management, legal research, communication, and organization of case materials in a remote legal environment.

Own commercial contracting, privacy and data-protection (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA) programs, corporate governance, IP/open-source policy, and telecom/AI regulatory posture. Be the in-house legal function: build playbooks, support Sales/Product/Engineering, and manage outside counsel to keep deals and product shipping moving quickly.