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Director of Institutional Giving

Public Rights Project is looking for a strong team player to join us as the Director of Institutional Giving and grow our work with a broad spectrum of foundations investing in our work. This individual will develop and execute strategies to prospect, cultivate, solicit, and steward institutional funders on behalf of PRP's strategic priorities and serve as the lead grant proposal and report writer for the team.

A natural and collegial team player, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of working collaboratively in foundation relations, with an eye toward designing and executing on a robust fundraising strategy across foundations. Working closely with the Chief Development Officer and Senior Development Manager, and external consultants as needed, this person will help design and execute a fundraising plan to grow institutional funding from $5.6 million to $7.6 million in 2025, a 36% increase.

2025/2026 Legal Fellow

PRP is seeking applicants for a post-graduate fellow for the 2025-2026 fellowship year, beginning in September 2025. The fellowship is intended for lawyers with fewer than three years experience, including those completing judicial clerkships. There is a strong preference for 3Ls, judicial law clerks, and applicants with only one or two years of experience.

We are looking for candidates with a belief in the power of state and local government to make positive change in the world and a passionate commitment to economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice. A fellowship at Public Rights Project would be ideal for candidates interested in cutting-edge impact litigation, public service, and creative strategies to advance civil rights, the rights of workers and consumers, and more. The fellow will have an opportunity to work directly with the Chief Program Officer, Assistant Legal Director, Staff Attorneys, other Legal Fellows, multiple cities and states across the country, and community and nonprofit partners. The fellow will also have an opportunity to contribute to case generation, development, and strategy; to shape the direction of Public Rights Project; and to gain valuable experience in organizational and program design.

Director of Communications

Public Rights Project is seeking a Director of Communications to lead development and execution of communication and storytelling strategies for the organization. Reporting to the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer and serving on the senior leadership team, the Director will be responsible for driving content and engagement activities to improve brand awareness and support with the press, partners, donors, and other key stakeholders.

The Director will enhance PRP's organizational voice and visual identity while ensuring quality, consistency, and our core values across all external platforms. They will manage the media relations program, driving a press strategy that can advance the work of PRP and local government officials among audiences who care about civil rights and democracy. They also will manage key projects, create editorial products that sharpen PRP's messaging, and provide coaching and training support to staff.

Senior Staff Attorney

Public Rights Project seeks to hire an experienced litigator to serve as a Senior Staff Attorney in its Litigation Team. The Senior Staff Attorney will be a key member of PRP’s team advancing the work of local governments protecting civil rights in the face of anticipated hostility from the federal government, as well as state governments and private actors. The Senior Staff Attorney will lead cases in litigation, case development, and strategy discussions, conduct and oversee research, conduct partnership meetings, and project manage various litigation and pre-litigation activities. The Litigation Team is expected to handle matters in which government clients are both plaintiffs and defendants and in both state and federal courts.

Civil Rights Hub Director

The Civil Rights Hub Director will oversee the development of and lead PRP’s new Civil Rights Hub (“CRH”). This position will manage and run PRP’s efforts to develop the preeminent network of local governments committed to protecting and advancing civil rights in the country.

The Director will build and manage the core CRH team, run a cross-cutting group of PRP staff involved in CRH activities, and oversee all CRH activities. These activities include: fulfilling requests for technical assistance, filing amicus briefs, engaging in outreach to government and non-government partners, providing space for government collaborators to connect, and, in combination with the Litigation Director, developing high-profile cases for litigation. This docket of legal services will relate to economic justice, including housing and workers rights, reproductive justice, and immigration rights.

Litigation Director

Public Rights Project seeks to hire an experienced litigator and manager to serve as our Litigation Director. The Litigation Director will be a key member of PRP’s team advancing the work of local governments protecting civil rights in the face of anticipated hostility from the federal government, as well as state governments and private actors. The Litigation Director will run the Litigation Team and oversee a portfolio focused on handling cases in litigation, case development, and strategic advocacy. The Litigation Team is expected to handle matters in which government clients are both plaintiffs and defendants and in both state and federal courts.

Who We Are

Public Rights Project is a public interest legal nonprofit launched in 2017 to close the gap between the promise of our laws and the lived reality of marginalized communities. We support state, local, and tribal governments to implement a scalable, community-accountable model to enforce their residents’ legal rights. We work closely with a network of more than 70 governments across the country.

We work with state and local prosecutors' offices, including Attorneys General, District Attorneys, and City Attorneys' Offices. We help them identify promising legal theories to enforce their residents' legal rights, and we help them marshal the resources to take action. We also run a fellowship program to embed early-career attorneys in government and to train attorneys currently working in government.

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