Assistant Director, Practice Groups, The Federalist Society, Washington, DC
The Federalist Society -
Washington, DC,
US
Assistant Director, Practice Groups
Date Posted: 2024-06-01
Job description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PRACTICE GROUPS - THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY
The Federalist Society, a DC-based non-profit organization that seeks to inform the legal and public policy debate on a national level, seeks an Assistant Director to work in our Practice Groups Division. The ideal candidate should be highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with an interest in legal and judicial issues and a commitment to the mission of The Federalist Society (FedSoc.org). Candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with short-term and long-term deadlines. The position requires strong research, writing, editing, organizational, and administrative skills. A bachelor's degree required. This position is looking for someone who's either a recent college graduate or has 1-3 years of experience.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Teleforums, Webinars, and Virtual Events:
What is a Teleforum? The Federalist Society holds approximately 200 Teleforum conference calls each year, on various topical issues in law. The calls are attended by between 30 and 550 live telephone audience members and are an hour in length. They generally include up to four speakers and a section dedicated to audience Q&A.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
WHO WE ARE:
WHY PEOPLE WORK HERE:
Our staff is deeply committed to the mission of 'FedSoc' as we are affectionately known. We are conservatives and libertarians working for a well-known organization in Washington D.C. and throughout the United States. We are not advocates or lobbyists for specific policies but focus on our mission which is to impact the quality and depth of discourse about governing and our Constitution.
We are opinionated, focused, optimistic, pragmatic, and anxious to engage with others. Those who come to FedSoc believe deeply in the rule of law and our conversations naturally flow from that belief. Those with a well-developed and perhaps quirky sense of humor, a desire to understand the law for its own sake, and who are strongly self-disciplined (because we all operate without a lot of oversight) do well here. We are "all in" kind of people. We tend to thrive on great books, great journalism, great film and are thorough and committed.
WHERE YOU'LL WORK:
We are located in the heart of the District of Columbia, the nation's capital, only three blocks from the White House and across the street from the Farragut West Metro Station with easy access to the Washington D.C. Metro area.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US
"The Federalist Society is changing the culture of our nation's law schools. You are returning the values and concepts of law as our founders understood them to scholarly dialogue, and through that dialogue, to our legal institutions."
- President Ronald Reagan
"[T]his organization has played an important part in sparking a dialogue between lawyers and judges, and even at times amongst judges themselves...by assiduously avoiding the temptation to take positions, or to lobby and engage in political advocacy. Resisting that temptation takes discipline, I am sure, but rest assured that you have made the right choice and are providing a genuine and unique service in so doing. Stay the course!"
- Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court
"It has been my pleasure to speak at many Federalist Society gatherings around the country, and I think one thing your organization has definitely done is to contribute to free speech, free debate, and most importantly public understanding of, awareness of, and appreciation of the Constitution. So that's a marvelous contribution."
- Nadine Strossen, Former President, ACLU
YOUR ACTION?
If you are interested, please submit a cover letter, resume, and a writing sample attached to the cover letter.
The Federalist Society, a DC-based non-profit organization that seeks to inform the legal and public policy debate on a national level, seeks an Assistant Director to work in our Practice Groups Division. The ideal candidate should be highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with an interest in legal and judicial issues and a commitment to the mission of The Federalist Society (FedSoc.org). Candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with short-term and long-term deadlines. The position requires strong research, writing, editing, organizational, and administrative skills. A bachelor's degree required. This position is looking for someone who's either a recent college graduate or has 1-3 years of experience.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Practice Group Coordinator:
Who are the Practice Groups? A collection of expert attorneys and policy makers organized around various policy and legal fields.- Assist Practice Groups Vice President in all areas, including: launching high-priority project initiatives, planning and promoting events, soliciting articles, and organizing working groups.
- Scheduling and planning Practice Group Executive Committee calls.
- Managing calendar invites for Executive Committee calls made up of 20-50 members.
- Creating and maintaining agendas for Practice Group Executive Committee calls and being ready to take initiative and motivate members in the creation of events.
- Regular calls with Vice President and Chief of Staff to review agendas, push forward events, invite speakers, and promote the work of the Practice Groups.
- Regular communication with Practice Group Executive Committee members.
- Generating mailing lists and managing weekly and other mass mailings through Constant Contact.
Teleforums, Webinars, and Virtual Events:
What is a Teleforum? The Federalist Society holds approximately 200 Teleforum conference calls each year, on various topical issues in law. The calls are attended by between 30 and 550 live telephone audience members and are an hour in length. They generally include up to four speakers and a section dedicated to audience Q&A.
- Overseeing and hosting these audio-only conference calls for the Practice Groups, serving as moderator and announcing the audience when the call is beginning, ending, and running the Q&A period of the call.
- Asking questions of the speakers about their topic if the audience does not have questions.
- Operate a call management system and keep track of attendance data during the call.
- Be ready to respond to the speakers and step in if there is a connection issue or technical issue.
- Sending emails to speakers before and after the call, informing them of the process, expectations, and informing them afterwards of the attendance numbers.
- Notifying speakers when the Teleforum call has been posted as a podcast, so that they can listen and distribute at will.
- Creating event pages on Website and working with our other divisions to promote.
- Creating advertising email with event info and sending to 10,000-60,0000 members.
- In-Person and Virtual Event Management:
- Assist Practice Groups in identifying relevant speakers on relevant topics.
- Send invitations to speakers, ensuring panels with diverse viewpoints.
- Coordinate with Events Division to ensure room bookings and other on-site needs
- Coordinate with the Digital Division to ensure advertising is conducted for each event.
- Creation of advertisement emails for events and other methods of promotion.
- Maintaining registration database for event registration and attendance.
- Oversee live events in coordination with the Events Division.
- Writing and editing promotional materials for live events and Teleforums.
- Being the point of contact person for confirmed speakers of live events.
- Ensure panels run smoothly during larger conferences and ensure correct room setup in advance of the panel.
- National Lawyers Convention/Executive Branch Review Conference:
- Coordinate both Practice Group break-out panels and showcase panels in early summer, in advance of the National Lawyers Convention (in November), working with the Practice Groups Vice President and Practice Groups to create balanced panels with high profile speakers on both sides of issues.
- Work on crafting showcase panel topics, including writing initial rough drafts and editing until final.
- Be the main point of contact for the panelists and ensure they have given all needed information well in advance of the convention.
- Coordinate 4-5 Practice Groups panels throughout the summer, working to create balanced panels ideologically.
- Coordinate 3-4 panels for Executive Branch Review Conference, working closely with the Practice Groups Vice President to ensure the panels are filled and advertised months in advance of the April/May Conference.
- Preferable to have 1-3 years of work experience but some consideration for college grads
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.
- Proficiency with Wordpress and Salesforce.
- Experience in marketing and advertising is a plus.
- Ability to blast bulk event emails with basic/beginner design skills.
- Confidence in public speaking to host live Teleforum calls and other in-person and virtual events.
- Creative thinking and problem solving, including identifying potential system improvements for the Practice Groups and RTP Divisions.
- Writing and editing proficiency.
WHO WE ARE:
- Founded in 1982, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians dedicated to reforming the current legal order. We are committed to the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.
- By providing a forum for legal experts of opposing views to interact with members of the legal profession, the judiciary, law students, academics, and the architects of public policy, the Society has redefined the terms of legal debate.
- The Society is a membership organization that features a Student, Lawyers, and a Faculty Division. Our active membership includes more than 10,000 law students at most of the 204 ABA-accredited law schools as well as 80,000 legal professionals in active chapters in 110 cities.
WHY PEOPLE WORK HERE:
Our staff is deeply committed to the mission of 'FedSoc' as we are affectionately known. We are conservatives and libertarians working for a well-known organization in Washington D.C. and throughout the United States. We are not advocates or lobbyists for specific policies but focus on our mission which is to impact the quality and depth of discourse about governing and our Constitution.
We are opinionated, focused, optimistic, pragmatic, and anxious to engage with others. Those who come to FedSoc believe deeply in the rule of law and our conversations naturally flow from that belief. Those with a well-developed and perhaps quirky sense of humor, a desire to understand the law for its own sake, and who are strongly self-disciplined (because we all operate without a lot of oversight) do well here. We are "all in" kind of people. We tend to thrive on great books, great journalism, great film and are thorough and committed.
WHERE YOU'LL WORK:
We are located in the heart of the District of Columbia, the nation's capital, only three blocks from the White House and across the street from the Farragut West Metro Station with easy access to the Washington D.C. Metro area.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US
"The Federalist Society is changing the culture of our nation's law schools. You are returning the values and concepts of law as our founders understood them to scholarly dialogue, and through that dialogue, to our legal institutions."
- President Ronald Reagan
"[T]his organization has played an important part in sparking a dialogue between lawyers and judges, and even at times amongst judges themselves...by assiduously avoiding the temptation to take positions, or to lobby and engage in political advocacy. Resisting that temptation takes discipline, I am sure, but rest assured that you have made the right choice and are providing a genuine and unique service in so doing. Stay the course!"
- Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court
"It has been my pleasure to speak at many Federalist Society gatherings around the country, and I think one thing your organization has definitely done is to contribute to free speech, free debate, and most importantly public understanding of, awareness of, and appreciation of the Constitution. So that's a marvelous contribution."
- Nadine Strossen, Former President, ACLU
YOUR ACTION?
If you are interested, please submit a cover letter, resume, and a writing sample attached to the cover letter.