The Lawfare Institute

Journalist

• Explore and document how RAGtime engages its existing datasets—federal litigation, statutes, regulations, Office of Legal Counsel opinions, and foreign-relations records—surfacing patterns, strengths, and gaps;
• Experiment with new datasets: help identify, evaluate, and onboard new corpora of public records, and assess how they expand what the platform can do;
• Develop use cases by working with senior editors and users to craft and refine the prompts and workflows that turn RAGtime into beneficial tools for research, reporting, and analysis;
• Conduct data journalism and research analysis using RAGtime—finding stories, evidence, and insight in the primary-source record and helping translate them into Lawfare's published work;
• Serve as a thought partner to the editor-in-chief and to volunteer software developers on the platform’s roadmap and capabilities;
• Help keep current and new data pipelines up to date using AI-assisted (“vibe coding”) approaches—formal software-engineering experience is not required;
• Gather and synthesize feedback from users to inform improvements and new features;
• Contribute to platform documentation, user guidance, and, as needed, reporting on platform use for funders and stakeholders;
• Take on other responsibilities as the platform grows.

Data Journalism Fellow

Editor

• Reviewing submissions for possible publication on the Lawfare website
• Soliciting submissions from contributors based on current developments and perceived gaps in Lawfare's coverage
• Processing accepted submissions to prepare them for publication
• Working with our podcast team to develop new audio content and daily podcasts
• Contributing to long- and short-term research projects at the direction of the senior editorial staff
• Ensuring final copyediting and posting of publications to the website
• Assisting the managing editor in setting and maintaining the Lawfare publication schedule
• Contributing as needed to Lawfare podcasts and articles on topics of particular expertise or need
• Managing the website, including rotating highlighted pieces, posting relevant documents and livestreams, and controlling quality, in coordination with the web hosting team
• Scheduling and other administrative responsibilities
• Assisting with fundraising and donor-required documentation, as needed
• Managing and hiring Lawfare interns
• Completing other duties as assigned by Lawfare management.

Data Journalism Fellow

Associate Editor