Legislative and Regulatory Research Intern

Fried Frank

About the Role

The firm is seeking a motivated college student, grad student or recent graduate for a paid internship supporting our Legislative Research Attorney. This role offers 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily Federal Register and Congressional Record monitoring: Review and flag items relevant to the firm's clients and practice areas.
• 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.
• Bill tagging in BGOV and StateNet: Accurately tag and categorize federal and state legislation within BGOV and StateNet tracking platforms.
• Legislative history (LH) folder construction in iManage: Assist with organizing legislative history folders in iManage.
• 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.
• Legal database research: Conduct research using legal and legislative databases to support ongoing monitoring projects.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree or graduate degree program.
• Interest in government, public policy, or law is a plus.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong reading comprehension and attention to detail.
• 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Prior exposure to complex legislative and regulatory texts is a plus.
• No prior experience with BGOV, StateNet, or iManage is required; training will be provided.
• Familiarity with:
• Federal Register
• Congressional Record
• AI tools
• BGOV
• StateNet
• iManage