The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Project seeks a recent law school graduate to fill a fellowship position with the organization. The Brady Center is the nation’s leading public interest organization dedicated to preventing gun violence, and its Legal Action Project is the nation’s only public interest law firm dedicated to seeking justice for gun violence victims, defending gun laws, and using the courts to reduce gun violence.

The Fellow will serve as a member of the Brady Center’s Legal Action Project staff. We are flexible about when the position would start, and how long it would last. The Fellow can expect a variety of direct, hands-on experiences and challenging, exciting opportunities to affect public policy in the courts, legislatures, and media, while sharpening and using legal skills.

Responsibilities Include:

• assisting litigation in suits representing gun violence victims and defending gun laws, including discovery, depositions, motions practice, trials, and appeals in courts throughout the country;
• drafting amicus briefs in Second Amendment and other gun-related cases;
• writing policy reports on gun laws, the gun industry, and other gun violence issues;
• analyzing federal, state, and local gun legislation;
• preparing position papers and internet content for Brady;
• working with coalitions of law enforcement, public health, and other groups seeking to prevent gun violence;
• speaking with media, the public, victims, and lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in state and local governments;
• perform other legal and factual research and writing as assigned.

Qualifications:

A law degree from an accredited law school. (Law students who have not yet graduated will be considered for internship positions.) The ideal candidate will have a creative and able legal mind, persuasive and clear writing skills, and an interest in preventing deaths and injuries caused by guns. Fellows should work well with others, be self-motivated, focused, and bring a pleasant attitude to the office.

Salary:

Unpaid, but will work to satisfy requirements for law firm funding or public interest fellowship funding.

Application Instructions:

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to jobs@legalactionproject.org with “Law Fellow Candidate” in the subject line. No phone calls please. EOE/m/f/d/v

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is the leading national organization committed to stopping gun violence in our communities. The Brady Center’s Legal Action Project provides free legal representation to gun violence victims in lawsuits against reckless gun manufacturers, dealers, and owners. We have pioneered the use of suits by gun violence victims to challenge industry practices that lead to gun crime. Project lawyers won the first appellate decision in history holding that a gun manufacturer can be liable for negligent conduct increasing the risk of gun crime, and we have recovered over $4.4 million in damages against irresponsible gun sellers.

The Legal Action Project also files amicus briefs nationwide in support of gun violence prevention laws, including a U.S. Supreme Court brief in the Second Amendment case District of Columbia v. Heller. Also, through our Gun Industry Watch program, we research and publish investigative reports exposing corrupt and dangerous gun industry practices.

Responsibilities Include:

1. Conducting legal research and writing in support of lawsuits which promote the goal of reducing gun violence
2. Helping governmental entities defend gun laws against legal attacks
3. Researching for our Gun Industry Watch investigative reports
4. Assisting with policy and legislative research

Qualifications:

A law student or recent grad from an accredited law school. The ideal candidate will have a creative and able legal mind, persuasive and clear writing skills, and an interest in preventing deaths and injuries caused by guns.

Application Instructions:

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to jobs@legalactionproject.org with “Legal Intern Candidate” in the subject line.� No phone calls please.� EOE/m/f/d/v�

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Project seeks a recent college graduate to fill a fellowship position with the organization.  The Brady Center is the nation’s leading public interest organization dedicated to preventing gun violence, and its Legal Action Project is the nation’s only public interest law firm dedicated to seeking justice for gun violence victims, defending gun laws, and using the courts to reduce gun violence. 

The Fellow will serve as a member of the Brady Center’s Legal Action Project staff.  The fellowship is for 3-6 months with an option for extension.  The Fellow can expect a variety of direct, hands-on experiences and challenging, exciting opportunities while honing legal, communications, and fundraising skills. 

 Responsibilities Include:

·        Legal & Policy:
assisting litigation of suits representing gun violence victims and defending gun laws; performing other legal and factual research and writing as assigned.

·        Fundraising:
researching and writing grant requests and proposals.

·        Communications:
assisting in the writing of policy reports;
preparing internet content and performing website maintenance;
writing press releases and other documents for dissemination to media.

Qualifications:

A degree from an accredited university.  The ideal candidate will have persuasive and clear writing skills, and an interest in preventing deaths and injuries caused by guns.  Fellows should work well with others, be self-motivated, focused, and bring a pleasant attitude to the office.

Salary:

Unpaid.

Application Instructions:

To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and transcript to jobs@legalactionproject.org with “Undergraduate Fellow Candidate” in the subject line.  No phone calls please.  EOE/m/f/d/v 

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Internship Description

The Intern position works with the Communications, Internet, Research and Fundraising departments that make up the Messaging and Marketing division. The intern will assist in all departments based on current needs.

Working with the Director of Internet Advocacy, responsibilities could include monitoring and helping to manage incoming email correspondence from activists, assisting with overall maintenance of the organization’s websites, doing special projects related to new online technology, reviewing and editing digital video for online purposes.

Working with the Communications Director, communications work could include writing letters to the editors, drafting op-eds, and gathering material and statistic for media requests.

Working with the Research Director, research duties include editing the Brady Research Update, as well as writing overviews of research studies. In the Fundraising department, the position will assist in several areas to strengthen donor relations including conducting online donor research, helping to send mailings and calling prospective donors for fundraising events and maintaining donor records. The Intern will work closely with the Director of Development and Assistant Director of Special Events.

Duties also may include lobbying or calling Congressmembers, taking material to Congressmembers or their staff and making presentations about the work of the Brady Campaign to student groups.

Perform other duties as necessary.

Contacts

Has regular contact with donors, activists, and all staff.

Supervision

Works under the general guidance of the VP of Messaging and Marketing with direct supervision by Department Directors. Provides assistance to other employees in the division when necessary.

Qualifications

1) Ability to write clearly, concisely and creatively.
2) Excellent interpersonal and communication (both verbal and written) skills.
3) A strong team orientation.
4) High level of initiative.

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover to either:

By email to jobs@bradymail.org

Subject Line: M&M Intern

No phone calls, please.

Overview of the Organizations

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and its legislative and grassroots affiliate, the Brady Campaign and its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence. We are devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.

As the Brady Center, we work to reform the gun industry by conducting research, enacting and enforcing sensible regulations to reduce gun violence, including regulations governing the gun industry. In addition, we educate the public about gun violence through research, litigation, and grassroots mobilization.

As the Brady Campaign, we work to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations, and public policies through grassroots activism, electing public officials who support gun laws, and increasing public awareness of gun violence. Through our Million Mom March Chapters, we work locally to educate, remember victims, and pass sensible gun laws, believing that children have the right to grow up in environments free from the threat of gun violence.

Overview of the Research Department

The Research Department is part of the Marketing and Message Division. The Research Department assures that staff, advocates, and the general public have access to updated, complete and easy-to-understand gun violence prevention research and information relevant to effectively formulating and advocating gun control policies. The Department helps to develop knowledge management systems within the organization to facilitate easy access to research materials and other resources by staff and advocates.

Description of Internship

Interns with the Research Department work on a variety of research projects during the course of the internship and pitch in on administrative tasks related to research, public affairs, or fundraising.

The following are examples of research projects currently on our docket. New research projects come up all the time:

• Summarizing research for our website and for our monthly Brady Research Update
• Creating a spreadsheet of violent crime rates by city and state
• Updating a state “Ready Reference” datasheet

We are now taking resumes for the upcoming semester.

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to: jobs@bradymail.org, Subject Line: Research Intern. No phone calls, please.

Overview of the Organizations

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and its sister organization, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, are the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organizations leading the fight to prevent gun violence. We are devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.

Overview of the Communications Department

The Communications Department develops and implements the public education and message strategy for all organizations (Campaign/MMM,Center, VEF) through print, video, audio and television outlets. The Department plans press conferences, writes press releases, op-eds, articles and editorial reports and supervises content and design of the organization's website ensuring that legislative, outreach, fundraising and message delivery are as effective as possible.

Description of Internship

Graphics and Video interns work with the Communications Director and our Internet Advocacy Department to create and edit videos for the Brady websites and to expand and improve the use of graphics in the design of online and offline materials. Interns are also expected to pitch in on administrative tasks related to research, public affairs, or fundraising. The organization uses Apple's Final Cut Pro and Adobe design programs such as Creative Suite, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Interns should have the ability to:

1) Conceptualize, shoot, and edit digital videos quickly, sometimes on a daily basis
2) Translate concepts, statistics, and written materials into visual presentations
3) Excellent interpersonal and communication (both verbal and written) skills
4) A strong team orientation
5) High level of initiative.


Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to: jobs@bradymail.org, Subject Line: Graphic Design and Videography Intern. No phone calls, please.