Job’o’th’Week (Fellowship Edition)
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The Organization
Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention advocacy group in the country, is seeking a passionate, dedicated professional for a full time position. The Associate Corporate Counsel will report to the Senior Corporate Counsel and work with Everytown’s CFO and finance and operations departments on a variety of legal and compliance matters, including lobbying and political work as well as nonprofit governance matters. The Operations team provides finance, legal, human resources, IT and other support to our rapidly growing organization. We’re looking for a flexible problem-solver with exceptional attention to detail to join us. This would be an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to pursue an in-house legal career in compliance, risk management, politics or nonprofit governance.
The Position
Everytown for Gun Safety’s Litigation Team is seeking applicants for a full-time Litigation Fellowship starting in fall 2018. This is a two-year paid fellowship program (including salary and benefits) and will involve the Fellow in the full range of Everytown’s affirmative and Second Amendment litigation work.
Everytown’s Litigation and Enforcement team is the largest team of litigators in the country dedicated full-time to advocating in the courts and through the criminal and civil justice systems to advance gun safety while respecting the Second Amendment. The Litigation Team focuses on two principal areas: (1) developing and implementing affirmative litigation strategies to take on dangerous gun laws that conflict with other constitutional and statutory rights, enforce gun violence prevention laws that are not being implemented, and challenge the gun industry’s dangerous business practices; and (2) defending life-saving gun safety laws against Second Amendment challenges, including working with and representing states and cities facing constitutional challenges to gun violence prevention laws.
We are looking for a Fellow who wants to use and grow their litigation skills and public-spirited ambitions to make a difference in the fight to save lives. Working out of the New York office, the Fellow will be responsible for working with the team to develop and implement Everytown’s national affirmative and Second Amendment federal and state court litigation practice, including constitutional and other legal research and analysis, strategy development, complaint drafting, trial court and appellate brief writing, participating in all other aspects of litigation, and working with pro bono counsel.