Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Attorney

• Provide direct legal services representing the Reporters Committee, news organizations, and individual journalists in impact and defense litigation involving newsgathering and First Amendment rights
• Represent journalists and news organizations in litigation and other matters involving access to judicial records/proceedings, freedom of information, and other newsgathering and First Amendment matters; including intake/case selection and other strategy decisions; drafting correspondence, administrative appeals, pleadings, briefs, and other filings in trial and appellate courts; negotiating with opposing counsel; and appearing on behalf of clients in state and federal court
• Draft amicus briefs and—depending on the seniority level and experience—supervise more junior RCFP attorneys on amicus briefs
• Educate journalists about First Amendment and newsgathering rights, including by conducting trainings for journalists and news organizations on media law topics
• Counsel journalists, including documentary filmmakers, on legal issues related to newsgathering, access to information, libel, and privacy in connection with the Reporters Committee’s pre-publication partnerships
• Facilitate and conduct trainings for journalists and news organizations

Staff Attorney

• Monitor significant developments in media law
• Assist staff attorneys responding to legal defense requests from reporters
• Prepare legal memoranda, litigation materials, and friend-of-the-court (amicus) briefs
• Handle special projects and write content for RCFP website and other publications
• Participate in state and federal trial and appellate litigation, including filing open records requests, motion practice, discovery, brief writing, and hearing/oral argument preparation
• Contribute to amicus and policy work and assist in responding to journalists' legal inquiries

Staff Attorney

Legal Fellow