Position Description
Location: Richmond, VA
Position Overview: The ACLU of Virginia is currently accepting applications from qualified third-year law students and recent law graduates with a commitment to civil rights and civil liberties for a two-year fellowship to begin in Fall 2025.
The ACLU of Virginia’s current legal docket includes a wide range of active matters, including several class action cases, in the areas of prison conditions, criminal legal reform, First Amendment, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants’ rights, and other issues. The ACLU of Virginia also employs an integrated advocacy model, where the organization’s legal, policy, organizing, and communications departments work hand-in-hand to advance the affiliate’s priorities.
The fellow will be supervised by managers in the ACLU of Virginia legal team to support new and ongoing impact litigation and non-litigation advocacy done in collaboration with other teams. Previous fellows have had the opportunity to develop facts and research for new litigation; work with current and potential ACLU-VA clients; participate in discovery matters in pending litigation; conduct legal and policy research on a variety of issues; participate in settlement negotiations; draft sections of legal briefs and complaints; and collaborate with grassroots and community-based organizations.
Compensation & Schedule: The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $71,200, with recent law school graduates starting closer to the bottom of the range. In addition, we offer excellent benefits including paid time off, generous paid holidays, a 401k plan with employer contribution, flexible spending account, paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, 50% employer-paid dependent medical coverage, life insurance, annual sick leave, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and professional development allowances.
ACLU-VA office hours are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday - Friday. Law fellows must reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia or within 150 miles of our downtown Richmond headquarters and must be able to work in person in Richmond in accordance with ACLU-VA’s remote work policy and must be able to attend other in-person events in various locations in Virginia as needed.
