Appellate Fellow Lansdowne, VA

Adflegal; Lansdowne (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Defending Freedom is seeking an Appellate Fellow for a yearlong, full‑time program in Lansdowne, VA. You will assist seasoned practitioners on constitutional cases in federal circuit courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, including researching, drafting briefs, preparing for oral arguments, and arguing motions.

Fellows may contribute to public policy through legal scholarship and advocacy. Collaborate across disciplines, provide legal advice to individuals and organizations, and travel

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Westlaw.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to assess, develop, and advance legal advocacy that supports ADF objectives.
• Litigate complex appellate cases, including preparing research, strategy, pleadings, briefs, and participating in oral argument.
• Serve as a resource for legislative and policy work aligned with ADF objectives.
• Provide legal advice for individuals, businesses, and organizations.
• Network and develop relationships with allied attorneys and potential allies.
• Travel occasionally.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Westlaw

Job description

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Location: Lansdowne, VA

Team Overview

As an Appellate Fellow, you are vital to the Legal Advocacy Team and will advocate within a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment. In a yearlong program, Fellows will work full-time, assisting seasoned practitioners on constitutional cases, largelyin federal circuit courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Their assistance may include evaluating trial-level decisions to access strategic benefits to an appeal, collaborating with legal teams from multiple disciplines, drafting appellate court documents, preparing advocates for oral arguments, and arguing motions before courts. Fellows may also contribute to public policy through legal scholarship and public advocacy.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to strategically assess, develop, and further legal advocacy that advances the objectives of ADF
• Litigate complex cases at appellate court levels, including preparing research, strategy, pleadings, briefs, and related documents; and participating in oral argument
• Serve as a resource for legislative and policy work that is aligned with ADF objectives
• Provide legal advice for individuals, businesses, and organizations
• Network and develop relationships with allied attorneys and/or potential allied attorneys
• Travel occasionally

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Westlaw.

Statement of Faith

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

• We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
• We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
• We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
• We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
• We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
• We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.