Legal Intern Office of the General Counsel Archdiocese of Washington

Reporting to the General Counsel the Law Clerk/Intern will assist attorneys in addressing complex and diverse legal matters affecting the Archdiocese (which includes the Central Pastoral Administration and its departments as well as individual parishes schools and ministries) to ensure legal compliance and identify and reduce risk. The Law Clerk/Intern will be expected to perform legal research and assist with legal matters in areas such as contracts property land use religious liberty corporations employment tax non-profit organizations education and schools estates immigration public policy and other areas of the law.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with legal projects related to parish and Archdiocesan real property matters
• Conduct legal research and analysis including research of laws regulations public records databases and governmental filing requirements
• Perform initial reviews of contracts between Archdiocesan entities and vendors as well as contracts and documents related to real property transactions and other legal matters submitted to the Office of the General Counsel
• Assist with management of legal databases and documents
• Analyze and assist with preparing responses to subpoenas and records requests
• Assist attorneys in working with parishes and other departments on legal issues impacting their ministries
• Research and analyze legal issues on a variety of matters and assist with preparing related documents
• Work with attorneys to prepare and submit governmental filings related to real property corporate compliance and/or tax-exempt status
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Knowledge skills and experience

• Background or interest in in theology canon law non-profit law or public policy issues impacting the Roman Catholic Church a plus
• Demonstrated communication and collaborative skills including the ability to work cooperatively within a team environment

• Education and Experience

  • Current law student (willing to consider pre-law or paralegal candidates)
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience
  • Legal research and writing skills; familiarity with Lexis Nexis for legal research a plus
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office with proficiency in Excel (g. formatting management data analysis and manipulation formulas)

  Work Environment

  • This job is operated in a professional office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as systemic technology phones photocopiers and filing cabinets.

  Physical Demands

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

  • This is an internship with up to 40 hours per week depending upon volume of work.

Required Experience:

Intern