Deputy Director, Lawyers Chapters, The Federalist Society, Washington, DC
The Federalist Society -
Washington, DC,
US
Deputy Director, Lawyers Chapters
Date Posted: 2024-06-01
Job description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LAWYERS CHAPTERS - THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY
The Federalist Society seeks a Deputy Director for Lawyers Chapters. This position directly
reports to the Vice President for Lawyers Chapters.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
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
If you are interested, please send a cover letter & resume attached using the link below or post to our website
The Federalist Society seeks a Deputy Director for Lawyers Chapters. This position directly
reports to the Vice President for Lawyers Chapters.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Collaborating with the Lawyers Chapters Vice President and Lawyers Chapter staff in planning and promoting programs with our 120+ Lawyers Chapters across the country.
- This position would serve as the primary point of contact for regions of Federalist Society Lawyers Chapters leaders, primarily located in the West, the East and Texas.
- Additional responsibilities include providing speaker and programming recommendations to chapter leadership, working with the Federalist Society's PR firm to garner media attention, creating email and social media strategies to advertise programs, and following up with chapters post-event.
- Recruiting volunteer leadership to launch new chapters and expand existing ones.
- Planning and oversight of several regional chapter conferences, including agenda development, speaker invitations, promotion, and panel coordination.
- Working with the Vice President and Membership Director to devise and implement membership recruitment strategies for existing and new lawyers chapters, recruiting recent graduates, and ensuring a smooth student/lawyer transition.
- Managing two annual regional leadership meetings. Responsibilities may include extending invitations and managing RSVPs, inviting guest speakers, and agenda development.
- Oversight of Washington, DC and New York City young lawyers recruitment, program development, and other chapter activities.
- Monitoring current developments and identifying trends involving law and public policy both on the national and regional levels.
- Experience in the DC legal market and/or within the conservative legal movement is desired.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- A bachelor's degree
- At least five years of professional experience.
- Recent law school graduates and/or those with event planning experience will be favored.
- This position will require regular travel (approximately 40%), including on weekends, both to and outside regions of responsibility, as well as working occasional early morning and evening events.
- Full-time telecommuters will not be considered.
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
If you are interested, please send a cover letter & resume attached using the link below or post to our website