Legislative and Regulatory Research Intern

Fried Frank; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Fried Frank is seeking a motivated college student, graduate student, or recent graduate for a paid internship supporting our Legislative Research Attorney. The role offers hands-on exposure to how attorneys track and organize legal and regulatory developments to service clients, with access to government publications, legal databases, AI tools, and document management systems used in a law firm.

The intern will work closely with the Legislative Research Attorney and staff, gain practical

Qualifications

• Strong reading comprehension and attention to detail.
• Excellent written communication skills, especially summarization.
• Highly organized, reliable, and comfortable with repetitive, detail-oriented tasks.
• Training will be provided; no prior BGOV/StateNet/iManage experience required.

Responsibilities

• Daily Federal Register and Congressional Record monitoring and flagging items relevant to clients.
• Prepare concise summaries of bills, rules, and transcripts using latest legal AI tools.
• Tag federal and state legislation in BGOV and StateNet tracking platforms.
• Assist in building/organizing legislative history folders in iManage.
• Maintain intranet pages hosting legislative histories with links to sources.
• Monitor business and legal news publications for client relevance.
• Conduct legal database research to support monitoring projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Written communication

Organizational skills

Research capability

Education

Undergraduate or graduate student

Job description

At Fried Frank, we’re a community of 800 lawyers and 500 business services professionals across New York, Washington, DC, London, Frankfurt, and Brussels. We advise leading corporations, investment funds, and financial institutions on high-stakes M&A, securities, regulatory matters, real estate, and litigation. Our culture is grounded in our core values — excellence, integrity and collaboration — and is designed to foster continuous learning, meaningful mentorship, and lasting professional growth. We are firmly committed to pro bono service and social justice, building on a proud legacy in civil rights. Our inclusive talent strategy is a core part of our broader talent management efforts and we remain steadfast in fostering a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to grow, thrive, and become their best professional and personal selves. Our business services professionals are integral to the firm’s success, driving innovation, operational excellence and exceptional client service across all areas of the firm. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including comprehensive medical coverage, retirement plans and health and wellness initiatives designed to support your personal and professional wellbeing. We welcome passionate, driven individuals to join us, and be part of a team where you’ll be supported, inspired and empowered to build an exceptional career.

Position Summary:

The firm is seeking a motivated college student, grad student or recent graduate for a paid internship supporting our Legislative Research Attorney. This role is ideal for a student considering law librarianship, law school or a career as a paralegal, offering direct, hands‑on exposure to how attorneys and legislative professionals track, analyze, and organize legal and regulatory developments to service clients. The intern will work closely with the Legislative Research Attorney and other staff and will gain practical experience with government publications, legal databases, AI tools, and document management systems used in a law firm practice.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Daily Federal Register and Congressional Record monitoring. Review and flag items relevant to the firm's clients and practice areas. Careful, daily reading provides hands on learning about the legislative and regulatory processes and allows for connections to be made beyond simple keyword alerts.
• Legislative and Regulatory transcript summaries. Using the latest legal AI tools, prepare and validate clear, concise summaries of bills, rules and congressional and agency hearing transcripts for use by attorneys and clients. Learn how to read and understand legislative and regulatory texts.
• Bill tagging in BGOV and StateNet. Accurately tag and categorize federal and state legislation within BGOV and StateNet tracking platforms. This work is detail-intensive but essential to keeping the firm's legislative tracking systems reliable.
• Legislative history (LH) folder construction in iManage. Assist with an ongoing project to build and organize legislative history folders in iManage, ensuring research materials and legislative histories are properly filed, searchable, and easily accessible to attorneys.
• Online legislative history pages. Help maintain and build out intranet pages to host legislative histories for significant bills. Create and update links back to the underlying materials in iManage.
• News and publication monitoring. Monitor business and legal news publications for developments relevant to the firm's clients and practice areas. Support the Legislative Research Attorney’s work in circulating relevant items to each team.
• Legal database research. Conduct research using legal and legislative databases to support ongoing monitoring projects.

Education / Experience:

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree or graduate degree program; students considering law librarianship, law school or a paralegal career are especially encouraged to apply.
• Interest in government, public policy, or law is a plus.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong reading comprehension and attention to detail. Prior exposure to complex legislative and regulatory texts is a plus.
• Excellent written communication skills, particularly the ability to summarize material clearly and concisely.
• Highly organized, reliable, and comfortable with repetitive, detail-oriented tasks that require sustained accuracy.
• Research capability, though no prior experience with BGOV, StateNet, or iManage is required; training will be provided.

The actual salary offered will be based on a number of factors including but not limited to the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Washington DC Salary Range $20—$20 USD