Paralegal & Litigation Specialist

About this role

Protect Democracy seeks several experienced, mission-driven Paralegal & Litigation Specialists. For these particular roles, we are only considering candidates with three or more years of federal filing experience in civil litigation.

By joining Protect Democracy as a Paralegal & Litigation Specialist, you’ll support multi-faceted litigation and legal advocacy projects focused on preventing authoritarianism, including work aimed at:

• Pushing back against unlawful executive actions and egregious administrative overreach
• Defending advocates, journalists, and institutions from government censorship or unlawful discrimination; and/or
• Challenging illegal voter purges, voter intimidation by law enforcement, and unauthorized compilation of voter data.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced paralegal who wishes to hone their skills in all stages of impact litigation, case management, writing and research, and communications—over time, developing expertise in one or more area(s) of our legal work.

An ideal candidate for this role brings a flexible, action-oriented mindset; excellent writing, research, and communication skills with a keen eye for detail; and a collaborative, team-oriented approach. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and from across the political and ideological spectrum to apply. A commitment to our mission and cross-ideological strategy for defending our democracy is essential.

While the priority application deadline for this role has passed, we are continuing to review incoming applications on a rolling basis, and we are still inviting stellar candidates into the process.

You can work remotely from nearly any location in the United States*; travel is required and may, at times, be for extended periods.

As Paralegal & Litigation Specialist, your responsibilities are to:

• Support litigation by:
• Managing and organizing case files and documents,
• Preparing and finalizing legal memos and pleadings,
• Coordinating court filings, and
• Help lead the discovery process
• Conduct research, synthesize findings, and draft related memoranda, reports, and other communications
• Cite-check and Bluebook, fact-check, proofread, and assist with drafting court filings, letters, and other public-facing documents
• Engage professionally with clients, opposing counsel, partner organizations, and other external stakeholders
• Draft external-facing communications materials, including press releases, social media, talking points, outreach emails, op-eds, and blog posts
• Coordinate logistics for calls, including creating agendas, and drafting internal-facing communications (i.e. emails, presentations)
• Project manage components of litigation projects, including developing work plans, tracking and communicating progress toward goals, and offering and soliciting feedback along the way
• Maintain and, at times, create information management systems, processes, and tools within and amongst impact teams
• Strategize with other team members—actively contribute ideas during impact and litigation project brainstorming sessions and propose projects to advance Protect Democracy’s mission
• Contribute to culture-building initiatives across the organization.