Externally Funded Fellowship Voting Rights Project

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The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is one of the nation’s leading national racial justice legal organizations. Formed in 1963 at the request of President John

F. Kennedy, the Lawyers’ Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.

Job Title: Fellow
Location: Washington, DC
Job Type: Term
Union Affiliation: Union
Accountable to: Director, Voting Rights Project

About the Role:
Since 1963, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has been at the forefront of the legalstruggle toprotect and defendthe right to vote, and to ensure thatthe right is afforded equally to all.

Through coordinated and integrated programs of litigation, voter protection, advocacy and education, the Voting Rights Project has had a tremendous positive impact on communities of color, low-income communities, youth, people with disabilities and other traditionally disenfranchised populations.

Using Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the 14th and 15th Amendmentsto the US Constitution, welitigate cases on behalf of voters who are traditionally disenfranchised or face the fiercest voter suppression tactics.

Our fellows become involved with substantive legal activities, which involve co-counseled litigation with prominent law firms, including client contact, case investigation, discovery, negotiations, amicus briefs, appeals, and trial practice. Non-litigation activities include legal services to community development groups, legislative and public policy advocacy, and public education on important civil rights matters.

The Lawyers' Committee is willing to consider proposals that align with our equities but may not be expressly identified in a specific posting.

Fellowship Overview:
We welcome proposals aimed at threats to the integrity of the election process, and the opportunities to lawfully vote. A successful proposal will support initiatives that speak to enhancing legal strategy and speak to additional structures or approaches to enhance voting rights at the state or federal level.

What You'll be Doing:

• Identify, categorize, and rank threats to the 2026 elections, including threats to the integrity and effectiveness of elections and election processes, and impingements on opportunities to lawfully vote.
• Identify threats that government agencies originate, implement, or encourage voter suppression.
• Develop recommendations for countering the threats through litigation, publicity, community organizing, state or federal advocacy, election hotlines, onsite monitoring, mobilization, or any other workable approaches.
• Assess the capacity of existing structures for election protection to respond to nationally coordinated threats and would recommend any additional structures or approaches to enhance that capacity at the local and national level.
• Develop a state-by-state program in key jurisdictions to respond to the most imminent governmental threats to the electoral system.

• JD or anticipated JD by May 2026
• A strong and demonstrated commitment to civil rights and racial justice.
• Creative approach to civil rights work and ability to take initiative during the project development and implementation stage.
• Prior experience working with or ties to low-income communities of color.
• Excellent…