Counsel

About the Role

Protect Democracy seeks a highly motivated lawyer with significant legal experience to join our team as counsel. Our organization is focused on protecting the integrity of the electoral process, including protecting electoral infrastructure and processes from interference in the 2026 elections and again in 2028. With the Trump administration turning the full power of the federal government against our own elections, protecting free and fair elections has taken on historic urgency.

What You'll Do

• Research and devise innovative legal arguments and potential litigation approaches, managing case or project teams as needed
• Recruit and retain clients and plaintiffs; engage with outside counsel, co-counsel, and opposition counsel; and represent Protect Democracy in non-litigation external settings (such as coalitions)
• Help build our expertise as thought leaders on legal issues within the scope of our mission
• Participate in and manage discovery processes, including informal fact-finding and evidence gathering, document review, witness interviews, written discovery practice, depositions, and expert discovery
• Develop, influence, and drive complex strategies for litigation, policy reform, and other integrated advocacy projects consistent with our mission

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of professional legal experience (may include judicial clerkships)
• Exceptional legal, analytical, and communications skills applicable to a range of advocacy strategies, including impact litigation, policy and legislative advocacy, coalition building, and strategic communications
• Entrepreneurial legal instincts and an ability to generate impactful ideas
• Demonstrated interest in reasoning through novel or complex problems and developing judgment on identifying workable solutions
• Potential for developing strong external relationship skills
• Commitment to our mission and cross-ideological strategy for defending democracy

Additional Information

This role is for mid-career candidates with 5-10 years of professional legal experience. You can work remotely from any location in the United States. The priority application deadline for this role is May 14, 2026.