Litigation Attorney (Contract)

Protect Democracy seeks highly motivated lawyers to join our team on a contract basis for six months to support our work to protect free and fair elections this year.

The attorneys will work between 20-40 hours per week on substantive litigation tasks such as: legal research; drafting pleadings, legal briefs and memoranda; drafting discovery related documents, including motions, deposition outlines, third party subpoenas, etc.; assisting with the development of expert reports; and other legal work to support ongoing and new litigation. Applicants must be able to devote at least 20 hours per week  beginning no later than October 5, 2026 through late March 2027. 

An ideal candidate has a minimum of three years of civil litigation experience, comfort with fast-moving litigation and some or all of the tasks listed above, and the flexibility to start immediately. Some experience with election law is a plus, but not required. We welcome applicants with significantly more experience than the mi