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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $107k - $149k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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American Psychological Association

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1892

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Healthcare • Non-profit

American Psychological Association is a leading professional and scientific organization dedicated to advancing psychology to benefit society and improve lives. It publishes research and practice journals and databases, sets professional standards and ethics, provides education, accreditation, training, and career resources for students and psychologists, and advocates for psychology-informed public policy and practice. APA serves members, educators, researchers, practitioners, and the public through conferences, continuing education, publications, and advocacy.

📋 Description

• Serve as a day-to-day legal resource for APA divisions and business units, providing guidance, compliance support, first-line review, and risk management strategies. • Triage incoming legal questions and help internal clients understand compliance requirements, decision points, and escalation needs. • Manage the contract lifecycle for assigned matters, including review, drafting, and occasional negotiation. • Review program agreements, vendor and consulting engagements, service agreements, event contracts, NDAs, data agreements, and other operational agreements. • Partner with revenue-generating teams to identify legal and business risks, recommend revisions, and drive timely contract review. • Provide ongoing program counsel and operational approval. • Collaborate on governance compliance and risk management, including conflicts of interest. • Support government and private grants, including funding agreements, grant terms, compliance obligations, flow-down requirements, reporting obligations, certifications, and operational risks. • Provide litigation support, including fact development, document collection, discovery support, subpoena review and management, preservation, information gathering, and liaison work with outside counsel. • Serve as first point of contact within OGC for APA staff, Divisions, programs, leaders, and governance participants on division legal matters. • Collaborate across APA on projects within assigned practice areas and represent OGC on internal committees and work groups. • Coordinate with outside counsel on litigation, subpoenas, grants, and contracts. • Support fellow OGC lawyers on special projects and cross-functional legal priorities. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. • Active member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar, or a bar eligible for waiver into D.C. • Three to five years of progressive legal experience in one or more of the preferred practice areas: non-profit, association, governance, contracts lifecycle management, grants, corporate compliance, and litigation support. • Familiarity with election law, tax-exempt organization law, and general legal counseling preferred. • Strong generalist instincts, sound judgment, and ability to identify and address legal issues involving multiple subjects under deadline. • Ability to learn new areas of law quickly. • Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills. • Strong interpersonal, negotiating, and collaborative skills. • Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills, including translating complex legal concepts into practical guidance. • Experience working with staff and volunteers on legal guidance, project planning, compliance, risk assessment, operational approvals, and issue escalation. • General fluency with Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom, contract management systems, project management tools, APA-approved AI tools, and other business, workflow, and collaboration software. • Ability to adapt quickly to new systems and use technology to organize intake, track matters, summarize issues, prioritize projects, and manage legal workflows.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling • 401(k) option with employer match of up to 4% • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options • Outpatient mental health benefit • Paid personal/vacation time • 12 paid holidays • Family/Medical Leave • Tuition assistance • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance