Legislative Fellow; Fall

Title:

Legislative Fellow (Fall 2027)

Department:
Policy and Advocacy, U.S. Program Division

Center Background:
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.;
Nairobi, Kenya;
Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 270+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $60 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world.

Our global pro bono network includes over 3,000 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 140+ law firms. Last year, law firms contributed over $35 million USD in pro bono legal services. The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact:
By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.

We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to www.reproductive rights.org

The Job:
The Legislative Fellow will report directly to the Senior Counsel and will work closely with the rest of the Policy and Advocacy Team as well as other members of U.S. Programs who engage in legislative and policy work. The fellow will be an integral part of the Policy and Advocacy Team work, which uses legislative and advocacy strategies to strengthen protections for reproductive rights and defeat attempts to restrict reproductive rights.

The positions will be based in the Center’s New York City or Washington D.C. offices in a hybrid model of 3 days in-office, 2 days working from home.

• Tracking and analyzing reproductive rights legislation in all 50 states and D.C., with a focus on abortion, maternal health, and assisted reproduction.
• Providing technical assistance to advocates and partners.
• Preparing legislative analyses.
• Conducting legal research.
• Drafting public education materials on legislative trends and other advocacy materials.
• Speaking publicly about reproductive rights.
• Assisting in proactive and defensive legislative strategies.
• Working on additional legislative and advocacy projects primarily within the U.S. Division’s Policy and Advocacy team, but also with Litigation and Corporate Engagement.
• Representing the Center at public events, conferences, and coalition meetings, as needed.
• Supervising the work of legal interns.

Compensation:
The salary for this position is $90,000 for the first year of the fellowship and $100,000 for the second year. This salary reflects a position based in New York City or Washington, D.C. This salary will be subject to a downward locality adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside the location listed in this posting. Note…