[Hiring] Paralegal I, Election Protection hub @Public Rights Project

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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;
• Investment to internal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging practices and growth.

Benefits

• Fully remote organization and team.
• This role may require travel a few times a year to PRP events, case hearings, or meetings.
• Compensation range: $74,630 - $100,970, based on candidate experience.
• PRP will not negotiate with candidates outside of the role’s designated salary range for internal equity purposes.

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.
• Remote staff located in various cities including Boston, Chicago, Kansas City (MO), Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

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.