The Heritage Foundation Is Hiring A Legal Fellow And A Senior Legal Fellow

I am happy to pass along these announcements from my friends at the Heritage Foundation:

Legal Fellow job description and link to apply here: Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies - The Heritage Foundation - Career Page

Job Summary:  The Legal Fellow is responsible for establishing a national reputation in law and judicial studies, conducting original legal research and analysis to advance Heritage's priorities, and providing counsel to Heritage staff, policymakers, and the legal community. The Legal Fellow engages with the highest degree of professionalism in independent research, publication, education programs, and other work concerning a broad array of issues. The Legal Fellow is also responsible for participating in Heritage's legal conferences and events and responding to media and other inquiries. The Legal Fellow should have deep knowledge, experience, or scholarship in the following areas of law and legal policy:

• Constitutional law, particularly structural constitutionalism, including separation of powers and federalism principles.
• Administrative law, including a strong background on separation of powers, the non-delegation and major questions doctrines, various deference doctrines, the Administrative Procedure Act, related substantive areas of law, and efforts to reform or curb the administrative state and misuses of emergency powers.

Job Duties:

• Research and write original and high-quality papers, opinion pieces, legal memoranda, and law review articles.
• Research state legislation and provide monthly updates on key developments in legislative initiatives and court cases at both the federal and state levels pertaining to election integrity.
• Represent Heritage in many settings within and outside Heritage, including public functions, professional conferences, in the media, and at legislative hearings and meetings.
• Work with others across Heritage, Heritage Action, other organizations, news media, and, as appropriate, Federal, State, local, and foreign officials, to achieve Heritage objectives.
• Draft, prepare, and provide congressional testimony.
• Organize and participate in meetings and events to promote Meese Center research and projects.
• Supervise researchers and interns regarding legal research and other projects as needed and at the direction of the Director.

Qualifications:
Education:                  J.D. required
Experience:                Six of more years' experience in a policy or legal field; a judicial clerkship is preferred
Communication:     Outstanding written and oral communication skills

 

Senior Legal Fellow job description and link to apply here: Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin III Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies - The Heritage Foundation - Career Page

 

Job Summary: The Senior Legal Fellow (SLF) is responsible for establishing a national reputation in law and judicial studies, conducting original legal research and analysis to advance Heritage's priorities, and providing leadership and counsel to Heritage staff, policymakers, and the legal community. A recognized expert, the SLF will lead by producing unique authoritative work with minimal supervision, building coalitions across political and ideological spectrums, and acting as a public spokesperson through nationally televised media appearances, radio and print interviews, public speeches and debates, and legislative testimony. The SLF should have extensive knowledge, experience, or scholarship in two, and preferably all, of the following areas of law and legal policy:

• Constitutional law, particularly structural constitutionalism including separation of powers and federalism principles, and issues surrounding D.C Statehood, and Originalism.
• Criminal law, including a strong background in all areas of the U.S. criminal justice system and efforts to adopt reforms, as well as highlighting the "rogue prosecutor" movement and how it contributes to rising crime rates.
• Civil rights law, including a firm understanding of the importance of the even-handed application of laws, the unconstitutionality of racial preferences, and the harms of Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and the policies that promote them.
• First Amendment, including significant familiarity with current legal challenges and policy debates in the area of free speech.
• Election Integrity, including familiarity with the legal framework for the conduct of elections and redistricting, as well as the arguments in support of robust election integrity measures.
• Administrative law, including significant familiarity with the regulatory process and rule-making, structural constitutional flaws with federal agencies, delegation debates, the role of federal guidance, etc.

Job Duties:

• Conduct advanced and scholarly legal research.
• Research and write original and high-quality papers, opinion pieces, legal memoranda, law review articles, and books.
• Build the relationships and conduct the thought leadership necessary to have Heritage's policy prescriptions implemented by Congress and state legislatures, administrative agencies, and rules and standards organizations.
• Speak authoritatively at major public functions and at professional conferences within area(s) of law.
• Testify regularly before Congress and important commissions, agencies, etc.
• Develop and maintain high-profile media contacts and visibility and a leadership position in the legal and public policy community.
• Advise management on programs and legal policy which help maintain Heritage's leadership position on priority issues.
• Manage projects as assigned by senior management and the director.
• Within an approved budget, be able to responsibly commit resources.

Qualifications:
Education:                  J.D. required
Experience:                Ten or more years of legal experience (depending on the type of experience) in private practice, teaching, and/or government service; extensive scholarly publications or other public legal writing (such as appellate briefs or legal opinions); a judicial clerkship is preferred.
Communication:      Excellent public speaker and writer; able to persuade and change minds, both internally and with target audiences.

Achievement:      Demonstrated ability to achieve decisive changes in the law and public policy