Huber Reproductive Health Equity Legal Fellowship

Overview

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, non-partisan 501(c)3 organization that fights for equality and equity for all women and families to improve their daily lives. We are seeking a Huber Reproductive Health Equity Legal Fellow to provide policy and legal analysis to the Health Justice and Congressional Relations teams. This is a terrific opportunity for a recent law school graduate who wants to work in the movement for health equity and abortion justice.

The National Partnership for Women & Families has been on the forefront in the fight for women’s equality for 50 years, from health care and reproductive rights to fair pay and family friendly policies. Although we are not a reproductive justice organization, we are dedicated to the principles of reproductive justice—racial equity and justice, intersectionality, and centering the needs of those systematically oppressed and incorporating them into our daily work.

We believe that achieving health equity goes beyond improving access to care. Instead, we advocate for systemic change in accessing quality, equitable, culturally-responsive, and person-centered care. We also believe that our mission includes supporting the next generation of health equity leadership to strengthen our movement.

Position Summary

National Partnership for Women & Families, with the support of the Huber Foundation, is proud to host a Huber Reproductive Health Equity Legal Fellow. This is a one-year fellowship offering recent law school graduates a professional development opportunity focused on federal reproductive health policy and law. The Fellow will work with the Health Justice and Congressional Relations teams on various issues around advocacy for reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Areas of focus will include abortion access and coverage, contraception and other sexual and reproductive health issues, as well as related intersectional issues.

This Fellowship is for one year, beginning in September 2026. The Fellow will learn the federal reproductive health policy landscape while also honing skills in administrative advocacy, rapid response to key reproductive rights court decisions, policy analysis and federal policy tracking, tracking relevant cases in the courts, and policy and legal research and writing. Note that the National Partnership is not a litigating organization, and litigation is not a part of this fellowship.

The team’s goal is for the Fellow to have a positive growth experience at the National Partnership that will serve as a launchpad into future work.

This position reports to the Director of Reproductive Health and Rights, and will also work with the Vice President for Health Justice, Director of Congressional Relations for Reproductive Health and Rights, and others across the team and the organization.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Policy research and writing:
  Conduct legal and policy analysis and provide strategic input on policies affecting reproductive health, rights, and justice to help develop and inform the National Partnership’s Reproductive Health and Rights Program’s federal and state policy priorities and the organization’s position on judicial cases, decisions, etc.
• Produce written materials for internal and external audiences to communicate analysis such as memoranda, reports, public comments, letters, testimony, fact sheets, blogs, and other key policy and advocacy materials for various stakeholders.
• Track federal and state laws and regulations.

Collaboration with coalitions and external stakeholders

• Collaborate with allies and relevant coalitions to contribute to the development of resources and advocacy campaigns, coordinate rapid response on emergent issues, participate in amicus briefs, and other partnered activities.
• Work with the Congressional Relations team in responding to technical assistance requests from policymakers, facilitating ongoing communication among policymakers, and strengthening our reproductive health and rights expertise to better support legislation advancing reproductive health and rights
• Represent the…