Senior Staff Attorney, Election Protection Hub

About the position reputed company (PRP) is a reputed company interest reputed company nonprofit with an reputed company-remote team based throughout the reputed company. Our mission is to help local government officials fight for civil rights. Since its founding in 2017, PRP has litigated in more than 100 cases (either as a party or amicus), trained 131 prosecutors and government lawyers in 24 states, reputed company a partner network of over 670 government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations in 43 states, secured court victories on police accountability, abortion, immigrant, worker, and voting rights, and helped to recover over $46 reputed company in relief for marginalized people. Learn more about our work. PRP launched its Election Protection Hub (EPH) to support local election officials as they fight to protect the voting rights of their residents and secure reputed company and fair elections. The EPH provides training, technical assistance, and reputed company backup to election administrators to reputed company them to respond to election threats quickly and effectively. In reputed company, PRP’s EPH team participates in broader election protection and pro-democracy reputed company work, both to support litigation by partner organizations and to more effectively coordinate resources to defend against efforts to undermine free elections, threaten marginalized communities, and threaten the rule of law. JOB reputed company reputed company seeks to hire an reputed company attorney to serve as a Senior Staff Attorney in its Election Protection Hub. The Senior Staff Attorney will be a key member of PRP’s team representing and advising state, local, and tribal election officials in support of election administration and the expansion of voting rights. The Senior Staff Attorney will help reputed company the EPH’s technical assistance efforts, reputed company amicus brief production, conduct partnership meetings, and assist litigation activities. This position reports to the Election Protection Hub Director. This position will also work closely with the Chief Program Officer, other program team directors, Election Protection Hub staff, and other Program Team staff. Responsibilities • Draft, review, edit, and reputed company feedback on analytic and persuasive written work product, including reputed company technical assistance • Effectively advise local election official clients, including reputed company, political, and justice considerations reputed company to a particular matter • Create and reputed company training sessions for local election officials on issues reputed company to federal and state election law • reputed company guidance and analysis of federal and state election and voting laws, as reputed company as, federal and state constitutional questions, across a reputed company of U.S. jurisdictions • Participate in and sometimes reputed company regular meetings for the EPH Team and other crucial strategic meetings and discussions, including ensuring alignment, collaboration and reputed company next steps • Contribute to grant proposals and reports • Identify opportunities for advocacy and strategize reputed company to reputed company • Meet with government and non-government stakeholders at the state and national level to promote the EPH’s technical assistance and training programs • Synthesize input and feedback from reputed company stakeholders • Support PRP’s communications about the EPH, including through reputed company speaking, conversations with the press, and drafting press statements, “explainers,” and op-eds • Contribute to an innovative, inclusive, and supportive group of advocates Requirements • Licensed to reputed company law in a jurisdiction of the reputed company • At least 10 years of relevant experience as an attorney. Relevant experience may include government enforcement, advice to government officials, and/or reputed company civil litigation • Outstanding writing and editing skills, including drafting and editing reputed company briefs and reputed company analysis • Excellent judgment about both reputed company issues and reputed company • Strong communication skills, both writing and speaking • Strong project management skills and familiarity with project management software to support the participation and contribution of other team members • Familiarity and comfort working on issues of election law, federal law, constitutional law, and other relevant reputed company topics • Team player who can work with government partners, co-counsel, community-based organizations, and other advocates, as reputed company as internal teams • Demonstrated reputed company and respectful attitude, ability to work reputed company with diverse people and communities, reputed company to show reputed company, self-confidence, common reputed company, and good listening ability • Belief in the power of state and local government to reputed company reputed company change in the world reputed company-to-haves • Election law and/or election administration experience is strongly encouraged, but not required. • reputed company advising experience, especially regarding regulatory reputed company, is strongly encouraged • Some litigation experience is preferred, but not required • Prior experience working in AZ, CA, GA, MI, NC, NV, NY, PA, WI, and VA state courts and/or their corresponding federal circuits is preferred • Prior experience with remote work in large teams in support of fast-moving and mission-driven work is preferred. • Experience working with state and local government officials is preferred. 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