Public Justice offers a mission-focused work environment, a teamwork and community-oriented approach, and a competitive compensation package. We provide excellent benefits, including at least three weeks of paid vacation, four-day work week, two weeks of sick leave, two personal days each year, all federal and some local holidays, employer-paid health, dental and vision insurance premiums, and a 401(k) plan.
Public Justice, a national public interest organization, seeks to hire an experienced external affairs administrative coordinator to manage and support the Vice President of External Affairs and the organization’s board of directors. Public Justice is a legal advocacy organization that pursues high-impact lawsuits to combat social and economic injustice, protect the Earth’s sustainability, and challenge predatory corporate conduct and government abuses.
Position Overview
The External Affairs Administrative Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the operations and engagement of the organization’s Board of Directors and related committees. Reporting to the Vice President of External Affairs, this position is privy to and has routine access to confidential and sensitive information and documents. Therefore, the External Affairs Administrative Coordinator must exercise professional judgment, maintain confidentiality, and operate with the utmost discretion in all tasks. The coordinator is responsible for facilitating board communications, organizing meetings and materials, maintaining records, and supporting governance-related activities.
Location Requirement:This is a primarily remote position; however, the employee must be based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area to accommodate occasional in-person responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Vice President of External Affairs, the External Affairs Administrative Coordinator ensures that board members are informed, prepared, and able to fulfill their governance responsibilities effectively.
Board Development and Management
Meetings Support
Support the Vice President of External Affairs with other meeting logistics, including hotel reservations, venue contracts, and other meeting-related needs.
Provide administrative support for meetings, including printing and shipping materials, and responding to meeting-related administrative requests from the Board of Directors
Minimum Qualifications
Salary
Public Justice offers a mission-focused work environment, a teamwork-oriented approach, and a competitive compensation package. This is an exempt position with an expected annual salary range of $55,000 to $65,000, depending on experience.
Benefits
How to Apply
Please send your resume to jobs@publicjustice.net. Reference “External Affairs Coordinator” in the subject line. Starting on Friday, June 27, 2025, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Public Justice EEO Statement
Public Justice is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from people with disabilities; people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals; LGBTQ individuals; people of all genders; veterans; and people of all ages. Public Justice is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please email kbaker@publicjustice.net. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request accommodation for the interview process. For more information and to learn more about Public Justice, please visit our website at www.publicjustice.net.
The Managing Director of Communications who will provide strategic leadership, guidance and day-to-day management for Public Justice’s communications team, including strategists focused on project-area communications, media relations and digital communications and be responsible for executing messaging and media campaigns in support of the litigation, public education and advocacy work of the organization, and growing and maintaining Public Justice’s visibility among key constituencies.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
You will report to the Vice President of External Affairs.
You will supervise Project Communications Strategists, Media Relations Strategist and Director of Digital Communications
Public Justice operates as a remote organization, embracing the flexibility and inclusivity that remote work offers. However, recognizing the value of in-person collaboration and the need for physical office space, Public Justice provides office locations in Washington, D.C. Anyone based elsewhere will work remotely and have access to financial support as needed to best perform their role for the organization.
FALL 2025 LEGAL EXTERNS
with focus on Access to Justice Project, Debtors’ Prison Project, Environmental Enforcement Project, or Students’ Civil Rights Project
WASHINGTON, D.C., or REMOTE
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Who We Are
Public Justice is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that takes on the biggest systemic threats to justice of our time—abusive corporate power and predatory practices, the assault on civil rights, and the destruction of the Earth’s sustainability. It connects high impact litigation with strategic communications and the strength of our partnerships to fight these abusive and discriminatory systems and win social and economic justice.
What We Are Looking For
Public Justice seeks to hire four legal externs for the Fall 2025 semester, one in each of our four project areas. While each extern will focus on a single project area, they may work in other project areas as need and opportunity arise. Our four project areas are:
citizens by enforcing our Nation’s environmental laws in state and federal court. Our
experienced litigators win precedent-setting cases that result in meaningful, transformative change. We hold polluters accountable by requiring corporations to clean up their act and comply with our Nation’s environmental laws.
The externs are welcome to work in-person in Public Justice’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., subject to pandemic conditions and vaccination status, or the externs may work remotely. All externs may assist attorneys in Public Justice’s Washington, D.C., office, as well as remote attorneys throughout the country.
Public Justice’s law externs research and develop new cases in conjunction with our attorneys, law fellows, and cooperating counsel. They also assist attorneys in ongoing litigation. Our law externs are involved in legal research and writing, case review, and brainstorming on theories and approaches designed to ensure that justice is achieved.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access
Public Justice is an equal-opportunity employer and values a diverse workplace. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equitable employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. People of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender and gender-diverse people, women, people with abilities in multiple languages, immigrants, people living with disabilities, veterans, and formerly incarcerated individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Please visit this link to read our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access policy statement: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access.
Public Justice is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations during any part of the hiring process, please email kbaker@publicjustice.net
How to Apply
These positions are open to those who can secure academic credit for their work with Public Justice. We
will help students secure academic credit from their schools. Applicants must be second- or third-year law students at the time of the externship, and 3Ls are preferred. We do not accept applications from first-year or undergraduate students.
Please submit your application to lawfellow@publicjustice.net no later than June 23, 2025. Reference the project for which you are applying in your subject line, and specify in your cover letter whether you are applying to work in the Washington, D.C., office or remotely. You must submit multiple applications to apply to more than one project. Applications should consist of two electronic files: (1) your cover letter, resume, transcript, and contact information for two references in a single .pdf file; and (2) a writing sample in another .pdf file.
For more information on Public Justice, please visit our website at www.publicjustice.net.
2026 SUMMER LAW CLERKS
with focus on
Access to Justice Project, Debtors’ Prison Project, Environmental Enforcement Project, or Students’ Civil Rights Project
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Who We Are
Public Justice is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that takes on the biggest systemic threats to justice of our time—abusive corporate power and predatory practices, the assault on civil rights, and the destruction of the Earth’s sustainability. It connects high impact litigation with strategic communications and the strength of our partnerships to fight these abusive and discriminatory systems and win social and economic justice.
What We Are Looking For
Public Justice seeks to hire four law clerks for Summer 2026, one in each of our four project areas. While each law clerk will focus on a single project area, they may work in other project areas as need and opportunity arise. Our four project areas are:
Law Clerks are welcome to work in-person in either Public Justice’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., or remotely, subject to some limitations. All law clerks may assist attorneys in Public Justice’s D.C. office, as well as remote attorneys throughout the country.
Public Justice’s law clerks research and develop new cases in conjunction with our attorneys, law fellows, and cooperating counsel. They also assist attorneys in ongoing litigation. Our law clerks are involved in legal research and writing, case review, and brainstorming on theories and approaches designed to ensure that justice is achieved.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access
Public Justice is an equal-opportunity employer and values a diverse workplace. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equitable employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, national origin, citizenship of immigration status, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. People of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender and gender diverse people, women, people with abilities in multiple languages, immigrants, people living with disabilities, veterans, and formerly incarcerated individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Please visit this link to read our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access policy statement: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access.
Public Justice is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations during any part of the hiring process, please email kbaker@publicjustice.net
How to Apply
We encourage students to seek and use outside sources funding or stipends, and we will help students secure that funding. Where necessary, Public Justice will provide supplemental funding equivalent to the minimum wage. Applicants must have completed their second year of law school by Summer 2026. We do not accept applications from first-year students.
Please submit your application to lawfellow@publicjustice.net no later than August 22, 2025. Reference the project for which you are applying in your subject line, and specify in your cover letter whether you are applying to work in the Washington, D.C., office or remotely. If you seek to work remotely, please state whether you anticipate being able to secure funding and from what state you anticipate working. You must submit multiple applications in order to apply for more than one position. Applications should consist of two electronic files: (1) your cover letter, resume, transcript, and contact information for two references in a single .pdf file; and (2) a writing sample in another .pdf file. In addition, Public Justice considers applications via the Equal Justice Works Career Fair and certain law schools’ OCI programs; applicants participating in those programs should follow those applicable deadlines and submission procedures and need not also submit an application to the “lawfellow” email address.
For more information on Public Justice, please visit our website at www.publicjustice.net.
Public Justice is an equal opportunity employer. We value and promote diversity. Applications are invited regardless of race, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Click here to view our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policy.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance submitting your application for employment online or need any accommodations, please email LHughes@publicjustice.net. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.
