Associate Counsel

Whistleblower Aid; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Whistleblower Aid is seeking an associate counsel to support a small legal team in Washington, DC. The role involves drafting disclosures, managing cases, legal research, and client communications in a highly confidential setting.

Requirements include 3+ years of experience, a J.D., and bar membership. The position is full-time, hybrid, with in-office work two days per week, and offers a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of legal experience.
• J.D. and at least one state bar membership.
• Excellent legal research and writing skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a small team.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-relations skills.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Analytical skills including issue spotting and problem solving.
• Comfort with using AI tools in legal work.
• Discretion and confidentiality in sensitive matters.
• Interest in justice, democracy, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Draft and edit legal documents, disclosures, affidavits, and filings.
• Conduct legal research and prepare written analyses.
• Develop and maintain client relationships and evidence preparation.
• Prepare chronologies, summaries, and digests from case materials.
• Manage client files and e-discovery tasks.
• Design advocacy and communications strategies for cases.
• Support contracts, risk assessments, and other projects.

Skills

Legal research

Legal writing

Client relationship building

Discretion and confidentiality

Multitasking and time management

Communications skills

Analytical thinking

Independent work

AI tools in legal work

Education

J.D. degree

Bar membership (state)

Tools

e-discovery platforms

Legal citation tools

Job description

$95,000 - $110,000 Annually, Based on Experience

About Position:

Whistleblower Aid is seeking a motivated associate counsel to support our expanding casework. This role will support a small legal team with core activities including drafting legal disclosures, managing cases and clients, legal research, factual development and case management. The associate role will also support case communications and advocacy work as well as organizational legal needs. Whistleblower Aid’s work is highly sensitive and this position requires absolute discretion and professionalism.

This is a full time, at will, employee position. This role is hybrid, serving our office in Washington, DC with a minimum two days in office per week.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in drafting and editing legal documents including: correspondence, disclosures, affidavits and other filings.
• Research statutes, legislation, regulations, case law, and other legal resources and prepare written analysis.
• Develops and maintains client relationships, including to prepare evidence, declarations, and other materials with clients.
• Develop relevant facts, review evidence and case documentation and prepare written analysis, chronologies, summaries, and digests.
• Manage client case files, including in e-discovery platforms, as needed.
• Design and execute advocacy and communications strategy in service of cases and clients.
• Lead and support other organizational needs, including producing contracts, legal risk assessment, thought leadership, and other projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job requirements:

• 3+ years of legal experience
• J.D. and at least one state bar membership
• Excellent legal research and writing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multitask, take initiative, work independently and meet deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced small team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including client relationship building and empathy
• Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail
• Advanced analytical skills including issue spotting and problem solving
• Competency with legal citation and comfort with using artificial intelligence tools
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, trust, and exercise discretion
• Mission driven, with an interest in justice, resilient democracy, and corporate accountability
• Preferred work experience with or opposite federal or state prosecutors, offices of inspector generals, agency general counsel offices, federal agencies with investigative or civil enforcement authority, or congressional investigations teams
• Preferred work experience in oversight, accountability or whistleblower related work areas

Generous benefits package including fully employer-paid health insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan with company match, life insurance, and a generous paid time off policy.

Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

About Whistleblower Aid:

Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering 501(c)(3) non-profit legal organization that helps government employees and private-sector workers report and expose wrongdoing. Our clients come forward at great personal risk to bring the transparency needed for public accountability and reform. Whether holding the government to account, protecting our democracy, defending the Constitution, safeguarding our national security, or reporting corporate malfeasance harming the public, our clients’ truth-telling is driving much needed changes across industries and agencies and their impact is felt around the world.

We are a small team of lawyers, strategists and communications professionals who work tirelessly to keep our whistleblowers safe and their disclosures legal and effective