Position Description:  Senior Attorney, Administrative Law

Location:  Remote, with a preference for the Washington, DC, area

Status: Full Time; Exempt

Position Summary
The Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy (CAELP) is seeking a Senior Attorney to develop and implement creative responses to anti-regulatory judicial doctrines. This position will help CAELP’s team of attorneys respond to challenges to climate and public health protections while also pursuing a long-term legal strategy to protect the core principles of modern administrative law. The Senior Attorney will work closely with CAELP colleagues to support innovation and progress on critical questions of law and policy, engage with legal scholars and other public and private sector attorneys to help coordinate strategy across multiple advocacy issues, and translate innovative strategies into legal briefs and white papers.  

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks

• Work with CAELP colleagues to develop and implement strategies to influence the trajectory of administrative and constitutional law doctrines that impact environmental law and other public health issues

• Engage with environmental organizations, other advocacy organizations, legal scholars, and government officials to develop alternatives to anti-regulatory judicial doctrines and translate those approaches into effective litigation strategies

• Build coalitions that include nonprofit, government, academic, and industry partners

• Incorporate long-term strategy goals into legal briefs, white papers, and academic articles

• Support CAELP’s efforts to promote and defend strong regulatory standards in the federal rulemaking process and litigation, including conducting legal and factual research and contributing to rulemaking comments

• Review and provide feedback on reports, memoranda, and other materials developed by partners and stakeholders

• Organize and lead meetings/calls of partners and stakeholders to support development of regulatory, litigation, and communications strategies

• Work with colleagues to meet urgent needs related to other CAELP priorities when necessary

Required Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

• Ten or more years of legal or public policy experience

• Law degree from a U.S. law school

• Demonstrated knowledge of environmental, energy, or administrative law

• Litigation experience

• Strong research skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to engage with highly-complex legal and policy questions 

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills

Valued Attributes

• Values teamwork

• Sense of humor

• Self-motivated and resourceful, able to independently research and solve problems, think critically, and overcome obstacles

• Commitment to CAELP's mission

Salary and Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and a supportive working environment. The starting salary range for this position is $165,000-$180,000, commensurate with experience. At this time, our benefits include full medical, dental, and vision insurance, including a health reimbursement account; short and long‐term disability and life insurance; participation in our retirement plan and flexible spending accounts; and vacation and personal leave. All benefits may change from time to time at the discretion of the organization.

How to Apply

Please send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to jobs@caelp.org, with “Senior Attorney, Administrative Law” in the subject line. We will request references from candidates invited to the final round of interviews.

CAELP Careers

CAELP is a small team of environmental policy professionals focused on creative, effective, and workable solutions to energy and environmental challenges. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals who share our goals and encourage those who believe they would bring diversity to CAELP to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 

The intent of this job description is to provide an overview of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position. Employees may be asked to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented here.