Senior Attorney, Democracy 2025

Position Summary:

Democracy Forward Foundation ("Democracy Forward") seeks a highly collaborative, strategic, and experienced Senior Attorney to join its Democracy 2025 team. Democracy 2025 serves as Democracy Forward's infrastructure to support and strengthen the pro-democracy legal movement by coordinating legal analysis, strategic planning, coalition support, and rapid response efforts to emerging threats to democratic governance.

The Senior Attorney will play a leadership role in advancing Democracy 2025's efforts to monitor, analyze, and respond to abuses of government power, increasing authoritarianism, threats to civil rights, and the politicization of government institutions. This position sits at the intersection of legal strategy, coalition leadership, legal analysis, and movement infrastructure, serving as a key resource for Democracy Forward and its extensive network of partner organizations.

The ideal candidate will bring 5-7+ years of legal experience, exceptional judgment, strong legal, analytical, and writing skills, and demonstrated success managing complex projects and relationships across diverse stakeholders. The Senior Attorney will help shape strategic priorities, help lead issue-area workstreams, produce sophisticated legal analysis, and serve as a trusted advisor to coalition partners and internal teams.

This position is full-time. Democracy Forward's office is located in Washington, DC, and employees