Research Intern (Fall 2025)

IGI overview

Investigative Group International, Inc. (“IGI”), founded in 1984 by former Senate Watergate Committee counsel Terry F. Lenzner, is a preeminent risk advisory and corporate investigations firm with core specialties in internal investigations, competitive and regulatory intelligence, due diligence and vetting, and litigation support. The New York Times has described IGI as “the gold standard in private financial detection” and The National Journal labeled us “Washington’s premiere investigative firm.” Experts in complex fact-finding investigations, IGI lawyers, researchers, and investigators have honed their skills in a wide variety of complex legal, financial, and governance matters spanning more than 30 years. IGI’s record of rising to challenging assignments while adhering to the highest ethical standards has built an unsurpassed reputation for professional excellence in the corporate, legal, and financial communities.

IGI collects and develops timely and accurate information to inform clients’ strategies in a variety of contexts, including legal and regulatory venues, investment and hiring decisions, and public relations and political campaigns. We conduct confidential fact-finding investigations and due diligence projects for high-profile clients including law firms, corporations, universities, investment banks, hedge funds, elected officials and candidates, entertainers, high-net-worth families, and public agencies. Our personnel include lawyers, accountants, researchers, investigators, public relations experts, former federal prosecutors, law enforcement agents, intelligence analysts, and White House vetters.

Position Overview

We are seeking interns to assist investigators in a variety of tasks including but not limited to:

• fact-finding
• analysis
• presentation of investigative and analytical findings

Internships with IGI are generally full-time (40 hours a week); however, we would also consider part-time applicants.

Competencies Sought 

The position requires a lot of writing, so an ideal candidate would be a competent and careful writer with the ability to communicate complex fact situations with completeness, clarity and precision.

The position requires an aptitude for finding, organizing, and presenting research. Research projects will often involve identifying, analyzing, and interpreting documents such as legal cases, financial records, real estate records, press reporting, etc. This position also requires the applicants to navigate and extract useful information from a variety of databases.

IGI’s casework involves a variety of subjects; therefore, the ability and willingness to learn and develop a basic familiarity and fluency in a variety of subjects in a short amount of time is critical.

The position will be overseen by IGI investigators who will help develop the intern’s investigative skillset and provide feedback on the quality of work product produced.

The applicant should be fluent in Microsoft Office and comfortable quickly learning new software.

Preference for foreign language skills

Education Sought:

Possessing or in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree.

Stipend

IGI offers full time interns a monthly stipend of $1000.