Animal Legal Defense Fund Legislative Affairs Program Summer 2027 Clerkships

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  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those headings when appropriate. We have content for About the role (Who We Are maybe). Responsibilities (How You Will Make a Difference + Role Description). Requirements (Requirements). Qualifications maybe same as Requirements? Could combine. Skills maybe part of Requirements. Benefits maybe Paid holidays. Pay is $20/hour. Schedule is 35 hours/week for 10 weeks summer 2027. Benefits maybe also remote? But remote is location. We'll create sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Pay, Benefits, Schedule. Ensure we don't create empty sections. Now extract content: About the role: Could be "Who We Are: The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. ..." plus maybe "Position Term: 35 hours/week for 10 weeks in summer 2027, with a start date at the beginning of June." but that's schedule. We'll keep About the role as mission description. Responsibilities: Combine Role Description and How You Will Make a Difference. Provide list of duties as

  • . Need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract duties: From Role Description: - Clerks are integral members of a program team and work on projects that further the current work of the program and advance the mission and goals of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. - Clerks also participate in activities that will allow them to network across the organization with Animal Legal Defense Fund staff and other clerks, and engage them in the mission and goals of the organization. From How You Will Make a Difference: - Clerks will gain experience with and knowledge of animal protection issues, campaigns, and advocacy, while improving skills in research, writing, legislative analysis, coalition-building, and lobbying strategies. - They will be responsible for assisting the Legislative Affairs Program in developing and implementing resources and strategies to further legislative goals. - Specific duties may include researching policy issues, developing memos or issue briefs, analyzing state and federal legislation or regulation, and assisting with administrative work; - preparing correspondence and assisting with outreach to supporters, coalition partners, and public officials, including elected and appointed officials; - attending virtual public hearings, coalition calls, stakeholder meetings, lobby day(s), lobby 101(s), conferences, and other events; as assigned; - collaborating with Communications and other departments to propose, draft, proofread, edit, and update content on priority campaigns for the website, including project pages and online action centers, email action alerts, phonebanking scripts, etc.; - coordinating with other programs, including with the Criminal Justice Program and Litigation Program staff on cases related to legislative campaigns; - preparing and delivering virtual presentations for lobby 101(s) or other advocacy trainings for advocates, professional conferences, fundraising events, etc. - This position also requires the ability to communicate effectively with members, supporters, co-workers, coalition partners, and public officials and to tactfully manage challenging questions or opposing viewpoints from the public or public officials. - Experience with legislative advocacy is preferred. - All clerks and externs will participate in scheduled networking and engagement activities. - Externs may have additional requirements depending on their school’s externship program. We need to preserve all; but some are generic like "All clerks and externs will participate in scheduled networking and engagement activities." That's substantive. We'll create a
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      for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those. Location could be placed under About the role as a sentence. Thus we will not have a separate location section. Now craft HTML:

      About the role

      The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. The Animal Legal Defense Fund accomplishes this mission by filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are held accountable for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, gathering data about and advocating for effective regulation of animal exploitative industries and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.

      Position Term: 35 hours/week for 10 weeks in summer 2027, with a start date at the beginning of June.

      Reports to: Strategic Legislative Affairs Manager

      Location: Remote position

      But we used paragraphs for term, reports, location. Could we combine into one paragraph? It's okay. Now Responsibilities:

      Responsibilities

      • Clerks are integral members of a program team and work on projects that further the current work of the program and advance the mission and goals of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
      • Clerks also participate in activities that will allow them to network across the organization with Animal Legal Defense Fund staff and other clerks, and engage them in the mission and goals of the organization.
      • Clerks will gain experience with and knowledge of animal protection issues, campaigns, and advocacy, while improving skills in research, writing, legislative analysis, coalition-building, and lobbying strategies.
      • They will be responsible for assisting the Legislative Affairs Program in developing and implementing resources and strategies to further legislative goals.
      • Specific duties may include researching policy issues, developing memos or issue briefs, analyzing state and federal legislation or regulation, and assisting with administrative work.
      • Preparing correspondence and assisting with outreach to supporters, coalition partners, and public officials, including elected and appointed officials.
      • Attending virtual public hearings, coalition calls, stakeholder meetings, lobby day(s), lobby 101(s), conferences, and other events; as assigned.
      • Collaborating with Communications and other departments to propose, draft, proofread, edit, and update content on priority campaigns for the website, including project pages and online action centers, email action alerts, phonebanking scripts, etc.
      • Coordinating with other programs, including with the Criminal Justice Program and Litigation Program staff on cases related to legislative campaigns.
      • Preparing and delivering virtual presentations for lobby 101(s) or other advocacy trainings for advocates, professional conferences, fundraising events, etc.
      • Communicating effectively with members, supporters, co-workers, coalition partners, and public officials and tactfully managing challenging questions or opposing viewpoints from the public or public officials.
      • Experience with legislative advocacy is preferred.
      • All clerks and externs will participate in scheduled networking and engagement activities.
      • Externs may have additional requirements depending on their school’s externship program.
      Now Requirements:

      Requirements

      • Experience as a current 2L (or part-time program equivalent) or LLM student at an ABA accredited law school.
      • Eligibility to work in the United States.
      • A sincere interest in animal protection.
      • Superior legal research and writing skills, including the ability to tailor voice and style to various audiences.
      • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
      • Positive attitude and ability to work cooperatively with others and function well in a mission-driven, team-oriented work environment.
      • Willingness to accept a variety of assignments within the expanding field of animal law.
      • Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills.
      • Ability to work independently and remotely.
      • Ability to use discretion, keeping in mind the confidential and emotional aspects of our work.
      • Access to a computer with internet and Microsoft Suite.
      • Familiarity with animal law and legislation is preferred.
      We might also include "We strongly encourage persons from diverse backgrounds to apply." That's a statement; could be a

      after list. Now Pay:

      Pay

      • $20/hour
      • Paid holidays
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