Jobs at American Civil Liberties Union

Conduct strategic impact litigation and advocacy on national security, civil liberties, and racial justice issues. Responsibilities include legal research, fact development, drafting pleadings and briefs, discovery, motion practice, oral arguments, legislative analysis, policy advocacy, public education, coalition-building, media engagement, and collaboration with affiliates and partner organizations.

Advise ACLU affiliate leaders on strengthening civil rights and civil liberties legal programs. Support legal strategy, docket management, staffing, leadership, cooperating attorney relationships, integrated advocacy, and organizational alignment. Develop network-wide tools, best practices, learning communities, and capacity-building initiatives while facilitating collaboration between national and affiliate teams. The role requires extensive nonprofit legal program experience, strategic advising, facilitation, people management, a JD, and frequent travel.

Supports the ACLU’s gift planning program by administering bequest and life income gifts, coordinating with donors, families, attorneys, advisors, internal departments, and financial institutions. Maintains planned giving records, prepares gift proposals and correspondence, tracks compliance, produces reports, supports donor portfolios and stewardship activities, and manages estate-related communications and documentation.

The Pauli Murray Fellow supports the ACLU’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging team through event coordination, internal communications, accessibility support, EDIB data collection and analysis, reporting, trainings, employee resource group requests, and special projects. This entry-level, 18-month fellowship emphasizes organizational leadership, project management, collaboration, discretion, restorative practices, and commitment to civil rights, civil liberties, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Develop and execute advocacy communications strategies for the ACLU’s national and affiliate networks. Responsibilities include producing rapid-response resource digests, coordinating nationwide communications meetings, maintaining communications resources, supporting community building, and completing a capstone project focused on expanding supporter engagement. The fellow will build skills in strategic communications, internal campaigns, resource development, project management, stakeholder coordination, and meeting facilitation.

Supports prospect development and portfolio strategy operations for a nonprofit fundraising team. Responsibilities include managing research requests, researching and rating donor capacity, maintaining donor information, preparing event biographies and qualification lists, managing spreadsheets and database uploads, supporting portfolio reporting, tracking budgets and expenses, coordinating travel logistics, and assisting with special projects while protecting confidential donor information.

Conduct impact litigation and advocacy in the national security context. Responsibilities include legal research, fact development, drafting memoranda and court filings, interviewing clients and witnesses, discovery and trial support, public education, affiliate assistance, intern coordination, public speaking, and related projects.

Lead impact litigation and advocacy on immigrants' rights, handling federal court cases, legal research and writing, discovery and motions, client and partner coordination, policy advocacy, public speaking, supervision of paralegals/interns, and rapid-response efforts to immigration enforcement events.

The Senior Accountant oversees tax and pension benefit areas, ensuring compliance, accuracy in reporting, managing audits, and supporting financial decision-making processes.

The Senior Campaign Lead manages the ACLU's political agenda in democracy, leads campaign strategy, develops priorities, and advises on complex campaigns.