Staff Attorney

Position: Staff Attorney

Location: Young America’s Foundation, National Headquarters, 11480 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 600, Reston, Virginia

Opening: Immediate

Mission: Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values

Reports to: The General Counsel

Job Summary: Young America’s Foundation is leading the fight for students’ rights on campus. The staff attorney will play an important role in building upon and expanding YAF’s crucial work in this area.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Work in close collaboration with the General Counsel and program staff to protect conservative students’ rights on middle school, high school, and college campuses
• Identify and propose opportunities to the General Counsel for litigation and amicus support in support of conservative students’ rights on campus
• File public record requests with public colleges and universities and review documents responsive to these requests
• Analyze campus speech codes
• Track campus free speech legislation at the state and federal levels
• Provide advice and counsel to staff on nonprofit tax and regulatory compliance, intellectual property (copyright and trademark) law, data privacy/information security, and employment issues
• Review and negotiate contracts in consultation with the General Counsel

Skills, Qualifications, and Qualities:

• Committed to and enthusiastic about YAF’s mission and programs
• 2-5 years legal experience, preferably in First Amendment or education law
• Strong legal research and writing skills
• Willing to travel
• Self-motivated and capable of accomplishing tasks with minimal supervision
• Must be detail-oriented and organized
• Ability to work as a collaborative, constructive team member

This job description is representative of the expectations of the position described. Additional duties, reporting relationships, and/or position criteria may be assigned. YAF reserves the right to revise this job description at any time.

This is an in-office position based at YAF’s national headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

Salary will be based on experience and previous salary history.

Email a cover letter, resume outlining experience and qualifications, professional references, and salary history to:

Christopher Byrnes, General Counsel

Young America’s Foundation

11480 Commerce Park Drive, 6th Floor

Reston, VA 20191

800-USA-1776

*Incomplete applications (i.e., those suggesting references upon request) will not be considered.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only complete and direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.