Paralegal I, Election Protection hub

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Public Rights Project (PRP) is a national nonprofit organization that helps local government officials fight for civil rights. We build their capacity to protect and advance civil rights, convene and connect them on key issues, and provide legal representation to help them win in court for residents. Since its founding in 2017, PRP has recovered significant financial relief for marginalized people; built a nationwide network of government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations; trained prosecutors and government lawyers across the country; and secured court victories on rights for abortion, immigrants, workers, and voting. The Election Protection Hub (EPH) offers direct legal support, training, and technical assistance to local elections officials across the country to support their efforts to administer free and fair elections. Learn more about our work.

JOB SUMMARY

The Paralegal I, Election Protection Hub  will provide legal filing, organization, research, and administrative support to PRP’s EPH team of attorneys. This role will assist with coordinating the team’s legal work, supporting high-volume legal filings, and collaborating with other internal teams as needed. 

Because the role is fully remote, the ideal candidate will possess both the technical proficiency and strong communication skills needed to keep a remote team of lawyers organized, while proactively communicating timelines, capacity, and filing needs across multiple fast-moving matters. 

This position reports to the EPH team’s Deputy Director but will broadly assist other attorneys across the team’s legal briefing, technical assistance, and rapid response work. 

The application window for this role will close on Monday, June 15, 2026.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

With training and support from the EPH team and Operations staff, the Paralegal I will provide legal filing and administrative support to the EPH team and PRP staff attorneys by:

Litigation and Amicus Brief Support: 

• Assembling, formatting, and submitting court and other governmental filings, including tables of authorities and exhibits, to support the team’s litigation and amicus portfolio.
• Supporting court filings, including federal court filings through PACER, and ensuring filings comply with applicable court rules and procedural requirements. 
• Calendaring important litigation deadlines. 
• Ensuring that important case filings are saved to each case file and that case files are orderly and up-to-date.
• Conducting basic legal and factual research using tools such as Westlaw and LexisNexis.
• Providing cite-checking, Bluebooking, and formatting support by reviewing and correcting citations, placeholders, formatting inconsistencies, and filing issues in draft briefs and legal documents. 
• Supporting urgent or time sensitive litigation efforts, including occasional evening or weekend work (with as much advance notice as is possible).

Internal Team Coordination & Data Management: 

• Managing systems, workflows, and operational organization for a remote team.
• Maintaining files to ensure efficient and consistent document retention and storage.
• Participating in and coordinating Zoom meetings, including circulating agendas, compiling supporting materials, and taking detailed notes as necessary.
• Helping to organize EPH team projects and tasks, including by using PRP’s task management platform, Asana. 
• Collaborating with PRP’s Operations Team to efficiently manage communications and contracts with external cohorts, e.g., clients, contractors, etc. 
• Learning and eventually mastering PRP’s software and information management systems in order to update those systems and support team-wide legal operations and records management. 
• Supporting EPH-related contributions to grant proposals, reports, and external communication.

******* EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE ******

• Bachelor’s degree and at least two (2) years of paralegal or legal assistance experience.
• Experience formatting, cite checking, and filing briefs and other litigation materials in federal or state court.
• Experience creating tables of contents and tables of authority for briefs in Microsoft Word.
• Experience with federal court filing systems, including PACER.
• Experience with proactive project management and managing up/reporting to a number of stakeholders. 
• Experience working in both remote and in-person legal or professional environments is highly valued.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Experience with or the ability and desire to learn new tech tools quickly. PRP staff use Office 365, Zoom, Slack, Salesforce, Asana, Campaign Monitor, and program/document management software. Candidates need not have used all of these tools before, but must be willing and able to learn to use these tools upon joining PRP.  
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Strong communication and research skills, including reviewing local court rules for filing requirements and drafting basic legal filings (e.g. pro hac vice applications and cover motions).
• Ability and willingness to complete administrative tasks in support of team goals.
• Ability and willingness to be adaptable in response to challenges and opportunities facing PRP as a growing organization.
• The flexibility, humor, and humility to thrive in a fast-paced remote environment.
• Align with PRP’s values, including a commitment to:
  • Change and growth, both personally and professionally;
  • Reimagining justice to better reflect the needs and lived realities of our most marginalized populations;
  • Care for people in our work and day-to-day interactions;
  • Partner with a variety of communities, organizations, and individuals for maximum impact; 
  • Authenticity and inclusion both internally and with our external partners; and;
  • Investment to internal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging practices and growth

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Other duties as assigned.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

This position reports to the EPH team’s Deputy Director, and will work closely with other legal staff.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Requires sitting, talking, and listening for up to 8 hours per day. Certain situations may require lifting items up to 20 pounds. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Fully remote organization and team. This role may require travel a few times a year to PRP events, case hearings, or meetings. We currently have remote staff in Boston, Chicago, Kansas City (MO), Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, DC, as well as other cities.

COMPENSATION

The determined salary range for this Level 2 role is set at $74,630 - $100,970. Exact salary will be based on candidate experience. For internal equity purposes, PRP will not negotiate with candidates outside of the role’s designated range.

PRP HIRING COMMITMENT

PRP is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. A diverse and inclusive workplace, both at PRP and within the government offices we serve, is a key ingredient for achieving our mission of building equitable enforcement capacity within state and local government. 

We aim to assemble a team that reflects the world we live in and the communities we serve with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and immigration status. People with personal or family experience with the type of harms we seek to combat, including wage theft, predatory lending, fraud, discrimination, and environmental degradation are particularly encouraged to apply.