Legal Project Analyst

With 500+ professionals and 350+ business professionals, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (www.manatt.com), is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm known for quality and an extraordinary commitment to clients. The Firm’s groundbreaking approach—bringing together legal services, advocacy and business strategy—differentiates Manatt from its competitors and positions the Firm to provide a distinct and compelling value proposition.

Opportunity

This entry-level Legal Project Analyst role is part of our inaugural Charles T. Manatt Legal Project Analyst program, which offers a unique opportunity for a highly motivated recent college graduate to gain hands-on legal and project management experience in a fast-paced, collaborative professional services environment. Working closely with attorneys and business professionals, the Analyst will support a wide range of matters—including litigation and corporate work—through document preparation, research, filings, and coordination of key case and transactional activities. This position provides meaningful exposure to the legal process and is ideal for candidates interested in developing foundational legal and project management skills while contributing to high-impact client work, and is a great opportunity to learn about the practice of law prior to going to law school

Responsibilities

• Coordinate logistics for client requests, team meetings, depositions, and closings
• Assist attorneys in preparing pleadings, corporate documents, entity formations, and contracts
• Prepare, track, and organize witness materials, document productions, closing documents, signature pages, closing sets, and filings
• Conduct statistical, factual, and legal research; compile and analyze findings
• Compile, organize, and review client documents for accuracy and completeness
• Policy research and regulatory monitoring
• Support preparation for and attend depositions, arbitrations, trials, and closings as needed
• Maintain case files, document databases, and data rooms
• Prepare audit letters for distribution to auditors and clients
• Conduct UCC searches and prepare and file UCC-related documents
• Facilitate communication among clients, attorneys, and third parties
• Create and maintain AI agents
• General practice group projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited four-year college
• Strong academic record and exceptional organizational skills
• Willingness to commit to the role for approximately  two years
• Demonstrated interest in law
• Proficient in creating AI agents and excited to integrate AI in a professional environment
• Ability to work overtime as needed, including evenings and weekends
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure in a team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated reliability and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a hybrid (remote and in-office) team environment.  The Firm operates on a hybrid work schedule requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday, with optional remote work permitted on Mondays and Fridays. All employees must remain available for onsite work up to five days per week as business needs dictate. This schedule is subject to change; flexibility is required.

The base annual pay range for this role is $60,000.  A full range of medical, financial and/or other benefits dependent on the position will also be offered.

EEO/AA EMPLOYER/Veterans/Disabled

Manatt is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex or gender (including gender identity, gender expression, status as a transgender or transsexual individual, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age (over 40), genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, sexual orientation, political activity or affiliation, genetic or and any other protected classes or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the American Disabilities Act, applicants may request accommodations needed to participate in the application process.

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