Working with the State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI), the Staff Attorney's precise portfolio can be tailored to their interests and experience. Pay will be commensurate with experience, and we encourage applications from attorneys at varied career stages.
Likely responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Conducting cutting-edge legal research involving state-level democracy, state constitutions, and state institutions;
Sharing research findings and legal analysis in multiple mediums, including through scholarly publications, writing for popular audiences, media briefings, and webinars or CLE presentations;
Identifying democracy-related litigation of interest around the country, and contributing amicus curiae efforts to represent the views of scholars who have studied issues relevant to those cases;
Supervising student research;
Briefing or advising a variety of stakeholders on questions of state-level democracy and public law;
Conceiving of and overseeing conferences and other gatherings to improve public understanding of topics related to our mission.
