BADC Career Resources
Find your next role in DC law
Direct links to the career pages of major law firms, government agencies, courts, and public interest organizations in the District. No middleman, no scraped listings — just a straight path to each employer’s own hiring page.
Law Firms
Major law firms with a significant Washington, DC presence.
Akin→Alston & Bird→ArentFox Schiff→Arnold & Porter→Ashurst Perkins Coie→Baker Donelson→BakerHostetler→Blank Rome→Boies Schiller Flexner→Cleary Gottlieb→Cooley→Cooper & Kirk→Covington & Burling→Cozen O’Connor→Crowell & Moring→Debevoise & Plimpton→Dentons→DLA Piper→Epstein Becker Green→Foley & Lardner→Gibson Dunn→Gilbert LLP→Greenberg Traurig→Gupta Wessler→Hogan Lovells Cadwalader→Holland & Knight→Hunton Andrews Kurth→Jones Day→K&L Gates→Katten→Kellogg Hansen→Kirkland & Ellis→Latham & Watkins→Mayer Brown→McDermott Will & Schulte→MoloLamken→Morgan Lewis→Norton Rose Fulbright→Paul Hastings→Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman→Reed Smith→Sidley Austin→Simpson Thacher & Bartlett→Skadden→Squire Patton Boggs→Steptoe→Venable→Vinson & Elkins→Weil, Gotshal & Manges→White & Case→Wiley→Williams & Connolly→WilmerHale→Womble Bond Dickinson→Zuckerman Spaeder→
Federal Government
Federal agencies and departments that regularly hire attorneys in Washington, DC.
Congressional Budget Office, Office of General Counsel→Consumer Financial Protection Bureau→Consumer Product Safety Commission→Dept. of Commerce Office of General Counsel→Dept. of Energy Office of General Counsel→Dept. of Transportation Office of General Counsel→Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel→DHS Office of the General Counsel→DOJ Honors Program→DOL Office of the Solicitor→EPA Office of General Counsel→FDIC Legal Division→Federal Communications Commission→Federal Energy Regulatory Commission→Federal Reserve Board→Federal Trade Commission→GAO Office of General Counsel→HHS Office of the General Counsel→IRS Office of Chief Counsel→NASA Office of the General Counsel→National Labor Relations Board→Nuclear Regulatory Commission→Office of the Comptroller of the Currency→Office of the U.S. Trade Representative→SBA Office of General Counsel→Securities and Exchange Commission→U.S. Department of Justice→U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser→U.S. Department of the Treasury→U.S. Patent and Trademark Office→USAJobs (federal government-wide)→USDA Office of General Counsel→
DC Government & Courts
District of Columbia government offices and the DC court system.
Judicial Clerkships
Federal and DC court clerkship opportunities for law students and recent graduates.
DC Court of Appeals Clerkships→DC Superior Court Clerkships→OSCAR – Federal Judicial Clerkships (all circuits)→U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces→U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit→U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit→U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims→U.S. Court of Federal Claims→U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia→U.S. Tax Court Law Clerk Program→
Legal Aid & Public Interest
Nonprofit legal services organizations serving the District.
ACLU of the District of Columbia→Amica Center for Immigrant Rights→Bread for the City→Children’s Law Center DC→DC Bar Pro Bono Center→Institute for Justice→Legal Aid DC→Legal Counsel for the Elderly (AARP Foundation)→Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project→NAACP Legal Defense Fund→Neighborhood Legal Services Program→Tahirih Justice Center→University Legal Services (Disability Rights DC)→Volunteer Legal Advocates (formerly DC Volunteer Lawyers Project)→Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights→Whitman-Walker Health→
A note on this list: BADC maintains this directory as a courtesy to our members and links directly to each organization’s own career page. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement, and BADC does not receive compensation for any listing here. Openings, deadlines, and application procedures are set entirely by each employer — please confirm current details on their site before applying.
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