Career Opportunities

Legal Fellow

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine offers one-year fellowships in its Legal Department with the express purpose of training attorneys interested in pursuing a career in animal law. Fellowships are limited to one year in order to allow the organization the opportunity to train as many attorneys as possible over time. This is a full-time temporary position with comprehensive benefits.

The Fellow will have a unique opportunity to participate in complex, cutting-edge litigation, trial work, and appeals in various state and federal courts throughout the country.  PCRM is engaged in class actions and other types of advocacy litigation against some of the largest corporations in the United States, and against the United States government.  Each case filed, and those to be filed in the future, raise challenging constitutional, statutory, and procedural issues, many of first impression.  The Fellow will have an opportunity to work in the public interest on issues critical to the health of the American public, primarily as it pertains to plant-based nutrition and animal research, while obtaining hands-on litigation experience difficult to match in virtually any other setting. 

The Fellow will work closely, as part of a litigation team, with the other five lawyers in the Legal Department on all aspects of the organization’s legal efforts. The Fellow will also be expected to develop and help implement new, precedent-setting legal campaigns in support of PCRM’s missions.

PCRM is seeking Legal Fellows for the following time periods:
Fall 2008 through Summer 2009

Required education, experience, and skills:

Education-

• Juris Doctorate with excellent academic credentials

Experience-

• 0-2 years work experience
• A background in the fields of nutrition, scientific research, or animal protection is desired; however, we are primarily interested in hiring someone who is smart, aggressive, resourceful, innovative, productive, and who will be a strong advocate for PCRM’s missions.

Skills-

• Excellent legal writing, research, analytical, and oral advocacy skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, work well under pressure, meet deadlines, and summarize key issues and activities
• Ability to identify problems and develop solutions
• Professional skills, demeanor, and work ethic
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to professionally advocate PCRM’s positions on issues
• Must maintain a sense of urgency, efficiency, and flexibility

Other-

• Enthusiasm for PCRM’s mission and objectives
• Able and willing to travel to related seminars, conferences, training, meetings, etc.
• Able and willing to work evenings and weekends as needed

Terms of employment: Full-time in PCRM’s Washington, D.C., office for a term of one year.

Compensation: PCRM and its affiliated organizations offer competitive nonprofit salaries commensurate with experience. Additionally, the organizations offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

How to apply: Please mail, fax, or e-mail a cover letter (see note below) and your résumé to:

The PCRM Foundation
Attn: Stacey B. Glaeser
5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Ste. 400
Washington, DC 20016
Fax: 202-527-7410
E-mail: careers@pcrm.org  (Please note “Legal Fellow" in the subject line of your e-mail. Additionally, please note the time period for which you are applying, e.g., Legal Fellow – Now, Legal Fellow – Fall 2007, Legal Fellow – Fall 2008.)

Note: Please include the following in your cover letter: an explanation of your interest in joining PCRM, where/how you found out about this career opportunity, and your salary requirement.

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