Careers

Events Coordinator

Arlington, VA

You: A detail-oriented, quick-thinking events professional who wants to design experiences that raise awareness and inspire support for important constitutional issues. You enjoy coordinating complex projects across the finish line and are an expert at channeling your creativity and determination into tangible projects like events. In short, you are confident, you are relentless, you elevate others, and you are a freedom fighter—the core values of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, and are confident in, and passionate for, the cause—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the U.S. Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 19 cases heard by the Court. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.

We are a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• At least one year of event planning or professional experience directly related to the responsibilities of the role (i.e., in a customer-focused industry). Internship experience qualifies.
• Experience managing complex projects involving both internal and external stakeholders.
• A propensity for offering solutions and asking questions, rather than remaining idle.
• An ability to multi-task and pay attention to details in an intense and highly visible work setting.
• A self-starter’s mentality and a can-do attitude that thrives under pressure.
• A team-oriented, customer service mindset—ready and willing to assist others.
• Experience with Salesforce and Microsoft Office suite preferred.

Day to day, here’s what you’ll do:

• Collaborate across PLF teams to execute events ranging from webinars and networking receptions to complex, multi-day seminars and conferences.
• Develop and implement new ideas to level up event experiences.
• Manage on-site execution to ensure events run smoothly and exceed attendee expectations.
• Coordinate event materials and manage inventory.
• Serve as an external facing representative of Pacific Legal Foundation at network conferences and events.
• Travel to PLF events at least 25% of the year (may include weekends).

GENERAL INFORMATION

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion.

As a national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, although approximately half of the staff work from home offices across the country. This role would be required to work out of the Arlington office at least twice a week.

TO APPLY

Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter. The resume should have the usual: your professional experience, as well as your academic credentials. The cover letter should explain why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we can contact only those to whom we can offer an interview. No phone calls. please.

This is a full-time, permanent position. PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, and employer-paid retirement savings. We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

Email Marketing Manager

You: You have two passions: You have one foot in the email world, where you’re eager to use new digital tools to reach online audiences and are constantly thinking about analytics and how to better serve audiences through email. Your other foot is in the world of creative storytelling, where you’re always trying to be original, true, and entertaining while telling unforgettable stories across mediums.

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, and are confident in, and passionate for, the cause—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the U.S. Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 19 cases litigated at the Court. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.

We are a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next-generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

Here’s what you get to do in this role:

You’ll get audiences excited and invested in PLF’s cases, policy work, and mission. You’ll execute innovative email and lead generation strategies to get more people reading about, watching films about, and talking about PLF’s work. You’ll draw inspiration from outside the nonprofit world—from cutting-edge ad campaigns, films, startups, and art—to put PLF’s email program on the highest playing field. You won’t be afraid to disrupt the status quo; you’ll bring new ideas to PLF, along with bias toward action. With you in this role, PLF will draw new attention and will become a bigger, more effective champion for our clients and for liberty.

Getting down to brass tacks, your specific job duties likely will include:

• Strategizing and developing new email products for PLF’s growing audience.
• Managing PLF’s email lists, including segmentation, user behavior scoring, and marketing automation.
• Drafting marketing copy for emails, ad campaigns, landing pages, and event invitations, keeping a firm grip on the thread that ties creative to strategy.
• Developing engagement programs to learn more about our customers and drive them to action.
• Working with vendors for creative and technical execution.
• Planning and tracking email communications for major milestones—such as Supreme Court cases—ensuring content is brainstormed ahead of the event and released on time.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• At least three years of experience in email marketing
• A passion for PLF’s mission and the ideas of freedom and individual liberty
• Outstanding written communication skills
• A strong work ethic
• Experience using Pardot or other email management platforms is a plus
• Experience in other areas of digital marketing and storytelling is a plus

General Information:

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion.

As a national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, although approximately half of the staff work from home offices across the country. You can work physically in any of our offices or request to work virtually.

To Apply:

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants
• Your resume, including your experience in the liberty movement and relevant professional experience

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job/.

Questions can be directed to Stephanie Keaveney, Senior Manager of Outreach at Talent Market, who is managing the search process: Stephanie@talentmarket.org.

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

This is a full-time, permanent position. PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, and employer-paid retirement savings. We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

Director of Grants

Work From Anywhere in the U.S.

You: A seasoned grants professional with a passion for liberty and a successful track record of securing funding. You’re a talented writer and meticulous editor who also has solid management and supervisory skills. And now you’re looking to lead the grant-seeking efforts of a major organization dedicated to advancing liberty and reining in government overreach. You’re also eager to have a greater impact on the overall direction and success of an organization’s development team.

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, and are confident in and passionate for the cause—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public-interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the United States Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 19 litigated there. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.

PLF is a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

Here’s what you get to do in this role:

You will lead PLF’s efforts to secure funding from foundations and other grant makers who share our commitment to advancing individual liberty. You’ll apply your well-honed writing and messaging talents to craft successful proposals and reports tailored to the interests and requirements of the funders. We have a robust stable of current funders providing grants at all levels.

To ensure sufficient financial resources for PLF’s ambitious growth plans, you will also use your considerable knowledge of the pro-liberty movement and likeminded foundations to identify and secure grants from new potential funders.

As the leader of our grants team, you will supervise and mentor current staff, review and approve drafts, oversee a smooth submission and reporting process, and grow the team as needed. You will have the latitude to think big and the resources to execute.

In short, we’re looking for a relentless go-getter who’s passionate about freedom, well-versed in the pro-liberty funding sphere, and who can inspire even greater investment in PLF’s work from grant funders.

Your specific job duties will include:

• Growing support for PLF among grant funders.
• Serving on the Vice President for Development’s leadership team, providing advice and ideas as the team strategizes for future growth and success.
• Drafting grant proposals and reports tailored to the specific needs and interests of each grant funder.
• Supervising and mentoring current grant-writing staff. This includes assigning projects, reviewing drafts, helping to keep the drafting/reviewing process moving forward, and nurturing the professional growth of team members.
• Identifying, cultivating, and securing grants from potential new funders.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• Five or more years of successfully securing grant funding. Familiarity with funders in the pro-liberty space is especially helpful.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience, including demonstrated ability to manage and inspire staff.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills—a real stickler for conceptual and grammatical rigor who is adept at translating complex ideas into accessible, persuasive copy.
• Outstanding organizational skills, with a proven ability to envision, execute, and evaluate plans and processes. The ideal candidate will have a bias for action and drive projects to successful, timely completion.
• Knowledge of, and passion for, the ideas of freedom and individual liberty.

General information:

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and in the court of public opinion.

A national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, although half of the staff work from home offices across the country. You may work virtually or in any of our physical offices.

This is a full-time, permanent position. PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, and employer-paid retirement savings. We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

To Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

• Your resume, including your experience in the liberty movement and relevant professional experience.
• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, what distinguishes you from typical applicants, and your salary requirements.

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link:

https://talentmarket.org/candidates/apply-for-your-dream-job/     

Questions can be directed to Claire Kittle Dixon, Executive Director of Talent Market, who is managing the search process: claire@talentmarket.org.

Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation.

Vice President for Development

Virtual Office

You: A relationship builder with a passion for liberty who can connect the dots to achieve fundraising success. You’re a strategic, enterprising thinker and savvy manager who brings a donor-centered philosophy and a get-it-done approach to your work. And now you aspire to lead a nationwide development team in securing increased investment in the ambitious growth plans of the nation’s premier defender of liberty.

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, and are confident in and passionate for the cause—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public-interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the United States Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 20 litigated there, with one ruling still pending. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.

PLF is a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

Here’s what you get to do in this role:

Your chief objective is to lead our nationwide development team in securing the increased financial resources necessary to fund PLF’s ambitious plans for growth. This includes providing strategic vision for the department, overseeing a comprehensive fundraising program, ensuring radical customer service for our donors, and inspiring your team to achieve new heights of success. 

As the leader of PLF’s development team, you will guide and mentor the directors of our three development units—Donor Relations, Stewardship & Operations, and Grants—as they plan and execute strategies for cultivating strong relationships with donors and regularly showing those donors the impact of their investment in PLF. You will assist the president in managing his portfolio of key donors and also may manage your own portfolio of major gift donors. 

This role calls for you to be an active presence in the organization, fostering strong collaboration with other departments and keeping donors’ needs and interests visible to all of PLF. The vice president will work with executive leadership and senior management to help guide overall strategies for the organization’s future growth and success. 

In short, we’re looking for a relentless go-getter who’s passionate about freedom, well-versed in development strategies and mechanics, and who has the right mix of drive and entrepreneurship, humility, and unconventional thinking to lead our high-achieving development team.

Your specific job duties will include:

• Setting overall vision for fundraising and working with the development leadership team to devise and execute strategies for raising the increased investment needed to fund PLF’s ambitious plans for near-term growth.
• Overseeing day-to-day operations of a comprehensive development program that includes major gifts, planned giving, grants, mid-level donors, direct mail, donor acquisition, stewardship, and database management. 
• Supervising, mentoring, and inspiring the development leadership team, comprising the directors of each of the department’s three units: Donor Relations, Stewardship & Operations, and Grants. 
• Managing a portfolio of major gift donors and working closely with the president to assist him in managing his portfolio of key donors.
• Helping to develop organizational plans, strategies, and policies as a member of the president’s senior management team. 
• Ensuring that PLF maintains a donor-centered approach to fundraising, which includes providing radical customer service to donors. 
• Providing regular updates/reports to the president, board of trustees, and PLF staff.
• Travel approximately 15% of the time.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• 7 or more years of progressively responsible development or equivalent applicable experience and a broad knowledge of fundraising strategies and mechanics. 
• Considerable experience leading a team to meet or exceed its goals.
• Demonstrated track record of success in cultivating, soliciting, closing, and stewarding major gift donors or the temperament, gravitas, and capacity to do so. 
• Exceptional communication skills—a natural gift for comfortably connecting with people at all levels and for speaking and writing in a clear, confident, and compelling way. 
• Outstanding organizational skills, with a proven ability to envision, execute, and evaluate plans and processes. The ideal candidate will have a bias for action. 
• Knowledge of, and passion for, the ideas of freedom and individual liberty. 
• Familiarity with Salesforce and/or other fundraising/CRM databases is helpful.

General information:

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and in the court of public opinion.

A national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, although half of the staff work from home offices across the country. You may work virtually or in any of our physical offices.

This is a full-time, permanent position. PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, and employer-paid retirement savings. We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

To Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

• Your resume, including your experience in the liberty movement and relevant professional experience.
• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, what distinguishes you from typical applicants, and your salary requirements.

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job/.

Questions can be directed to Claire Kittle Dixon, Executive Director of Talent Market, who is managing the search process: claire@talentmarket.org

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled. While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation. 

Legal Policy Analyst

You: An attorney committed to the cause of liberty who wants to find creative solutions and promote them in the U.S. Congress. Your role is to research, track, and promote policies that protect individual liberty and ensure constitutional protections in our government and institutions. You’re looking for an opportunity to work with the best liberty lawyers in the nation and study the legal and philosophical principles of the liberty movement.

Them: Bureaucrats, legislators, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. And then there are the policymakers that are with us in spirit but don’t know where to turn for meaningful and possible solutions.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the United States Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 19 cases litigated at the Court. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.  We leverage that long history of litigation success along with our strategic research into cutting-edge policy solutions at every level of government. We are active participants in the legislatures and governors’ offices in over a dozen states and at the federal level.

We are a next-generation public interest law firm. This means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

About the Legal Policy Analyst Opening:
You will work with the Legal Policy Director, Legal Policy Deputy Directors, and PLF attorneys to develop and promote policies that reflect our three core practice areas: Separation of Powers — fight to rein in the unconstitutional “fourth branch,” also known as the administrative state, and restore our government’s proper structure. Equality and opportunity — to ensure that government does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, or sex and to demolish arbitrary government roadblocks to employment and prosperity. Property Rights — the foundation of liberty: the right to own, enjoy, and put property to productive use. It is a source of personal security, dignity, and prosperity, protecting the freedom of individuals to shape their destiny.

You will draft legislation, edit regulations, testify in committees, lobby in favor of PLF’s preferred policy solutions, write blogs and op-eds, attend conferences, and do media interviews supporting your work.

Getting down to brass tacks, your specific job duties will likely include:

• Research and writing on federal laws and regulations, leading to solutions that may include the creation of model laws, executive orders, and policies
• Track legislation and regulations and news on active campaigns to determine the best course of action for the legal policy team
• Promote PLF and your work through writing, speaking, and media interviews

This position is expected to work from the Arlington, Virginia office at least three days per week.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• A law degree
• Experience in legislative or executive offices, or a policy organization
• A principled passion for individual liberty (not a political party)
• Strong writing and research skills
• Enjoys public speaking and networking

About Pacific Legal Foundation:
Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion.

As a national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, although approximately half of the staff work from home offices across the country.

PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a competitive compensation package. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

To Apply:
Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants
• Your resume, including your experience in research and other relevant professional experience
• Two writing samples: Preferably a 1) research report and 2) something written for a public audience

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job/.

Questions can be directed to Stephanie Keaveney, Senior Manager of Outreach at Talent Market, who is managing the search process: Stephanie@talentmarket.org

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation.

Research and Policy Internship (Fall 2024)

You: An inquisitive, creative, and self-motivated college junior, senior, grad student or recent graduate who knows the principles of liberty and seeks to advance them. You have strong written and oral communication skills and enjoy problem-solving.

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, and are confident in and passionate for the cause—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the United States Supreme Court, with 17 victories out of 19 cases heard by the Court. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.

We are a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.

The Research & Policy Internship has two potential paths:

Legal Policy & Research

The Legal Policy & Research Intern will work with two teams. The Legal Policy team helps develop and execute strategies to secure state and federal legislative and executive reforms to expand individual liberty and reform the unconstitutional regulatory agencies. The Constitutional Scholarship team incubates legal theories for the three PLF practice groups, Equality & Opportunity, Property Rights, and the Separation of Powers. This internship provides an opportunity for a wide variety of experiences, including:

• Reading and summarizing important legislation.
• Developing briefing materials for use in meetings with executive and legislative branch officials.
• Conducting policy research for reform efforts at the state or federal level.
• Conducting other research for op-eds, research reports, and other projects on equality and opportunity issues, property rights, and the separation of powers.
• Helping the Constitutional Scholarship team to prepare for and facilitate legal symposiums and roundtables.

Strategic Research

The Strategic Research Intern will be a part of our Strategic Research team. Our research team produces high-quality social science research to support PLF’s mission-driven goals. We coordinate with our litigation, legal policy, legal research, and communications teams.

This internship provides an opportunity for a wide variety of experiences, including:

• Communicating with public officials to obtain public records.
• Collecting, organizing, and analyzing data using Microsoft Excel, R, Python, GIS, and/or STATA.
• Conducting literature reviews on such topics as regulatory reform, housing supply, property rights, coastal land rights, and more.
• Developing internal data and literature memos for litigation, communications, or legal policy campaigns.
• Writing blog posts, op-eds, or one-pagers on topics relevant to PLF’s work.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion.

As a national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Legal Policy & Research interns are required to work from the Arlington, Virginia office. Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis.

Please submit your application by May 15, 2024.

Interns are expected to be available 25-30 hours per week.

TO APPLY:
If you think you might be a good fit, submit the following application materials:

• Your resume, including your experience in the liberty movement and relevant professional experience.
• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants.
• Writing Sample
• Semester schedule (if taking classes during the internship period)

This position awards an educational stipend in two installments throughout the duration of the internship.