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Talent Market's mission is to promote liberty by providing talent for critical roles within the free-market nonprofit sector

Associate Counsel – Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty – Milwaukee, WI or Virtual

About WILL:
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is unlike any place you will ever work. We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit law and policy center that serves as the vanguard in the fight against government overreach. Through litigation, education, and participation in public discourse, we defend individual liberty, stand up to rogue bureaucrats, and hold government actors at all levels accountable to the law. WILL has gained a national reputation and following, with frequent mentions in the Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, and Washington Post. During the past four years, WILL garnered ten victories in court against the Biden Administration, protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans.

The Job:
WILL is looking to add a talented Associate Counsel to join our highly successful litigation team. As an Associate Counsel you will litigate cutting-edge constitutional law matters in state and federal court. You will develop and manage your own caseload under the supervision and guidance of our deputy counsels, handling all aspects of litigation from client development through final appeal. WILL attorneys make a real difference in the fight for freedom every day, and this position will put you on our front lines. We represent all our clients 100% pro bono and pick our own cases to advance WILL’s mission. No other job provides similar opportunities for a conservative lawyer. [Read more…]

Staff Attorney – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation – Springfield, VA

national right to work legal Defense foundationAbout the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to eliminate compulsory unionism abuses through strategic litigation and public information programs.

The Right to Work principle affirms the right of every American to earn a living without being forced to belong to a union. Despite this principle, millions of workers are compelled to associate with unions to keep their jobs.

Since 1968, the Foundation has provided free legal aid to individual workers to enforce and expand their rights against compulsory unionism. To this end, Foundation attorneys have long been at the forefront of litigating key cases involving the First Amendment, labor law, administrative law, and religious liberties. This includes litigating nearly every major Supreme Court case on compulsory unionism.

Position Overview
Foundation staff attorneys represent individual workers in cases against governments, unions, and employers that concern compulsory unionism. The role primarily involves acting as a litigator in federal courts and before administrative agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The practice areas of Foundation attorneys include, but are not limited to, labor law, administrative law, constitutional law, and religious liberty law. [Read more…]

Environment and Natural Resources Senior Attorney – Pacific Legal Foundation – Virtual

You: You’re a relentless freedom fighter with a belief that human innovation, technology, and free enterprise can overcome scarcity and solve major global challenges. You reject the idea that humanity is doomed to live within strict limits of natural resources (“limits to growth”) and instead embrace the vision that progress, creativity, and human flourishing can continually expand what’s possible; moreover, you believe fundamentally in individual liberty and property rights. You’re a seasoned litigator and leader; you are driven to take on government overreach, shape bold legal strategies, and set landmark precedents. You thrive in the courtroom, leading a team, and you know how to prepare and win high-stakes cases. You’re also a mentor—dedicated to elevating your colleagues and building the strongest environmental law team in the country.

Them: Bureaucrats, regulators, and agencies that twist environmental and natural resources law into a tool for unjustified control, delaying projects, violating individual liberty, and stifling innovation. They have virtually unlimited money and expansive power—but we know that with strategic litigation, sharp legal minds, and an unwavering commitment to liberty, even Goliath can be beaten.

Us: We are Pacific Legal Foundation—the nation’s first and leading public interest law firm dedicated to defending individual liberty and limited government. Our Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Practice Group envisions and works toward:

  • recognition that we live in a world of plenty, a planet where basic human needs—food, water, energy—are abundant and accessible to all;
  • sustainable advancement—we know abundance can be achieved without depleting or destroying the environment;
  • empowered individuals and communities that solve problems, recognizing that top-down control and heavy-handed government planners have not and cannot solve the problems we face;
  • a shift in mindset—we seek to transform cultural attitudes from fear and pessimism (about overpopulation, climate crisis, etc.) toward a mindset of proactive problem-solving and confidence in human capability; and
  • a better approach to environmental and natural resources law—defending property rights, challenging regulatory abuse, and ensuring that environmental policy respects the Constitution and protects the market’s ability to solve the problems we face as a nation.

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Environment and Natural Resources Attorney – Pacific Legal Foundation – Virtual

You: You’re a relentless freedom fighter with a belief that human innovation, technology, and free enterprise can overcome scarcity and solve major global challenges. You reject the idea that humanity is doomed to live within strict limits of natural resources (“limits to growth”) and instead embrace the vision that progress, creativity, and human flourishing can continually expand what’s possible; moreover, you believe fundamentally in individual liberty and property rights. Whether you’re a rising legal star or a seasoned litigator, you are driven to take on government overreach, shape bold legal strategies, and set landmark precedents. You thrive in the courtroom, and whether as part of a team or leading it, you know how to prepare and win high-stakes cases.

Them: Bureaucrats, regulators, and agencies that twist environmental and natural resources law into a tool for unjustified control, delaying projects, violating individual liberty, and stifling innovation. They have virtually unlimited money and expansive power—but we know that with strategic litigation, sharp legal minds, and an unwavering commitment to liberty, even Goliath can be beaten.

Us: We are Pacific Legal Foundation—the nation’s first and leading public interest law firm dedicated to defending individual liberty and limited government. Our Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Practice Group envisions and works toward:

  • recognition that we live in a world of plenty, a planet where basic human needs—food, water, energy—are abundant and accessible to all;
  • sustainable advancement—we know abundance can be achieved without depleting or destroying the environment;
  • empowered individuals and communities that solve problems, recognizing that top-down control and heavy-handed government planners have not and cannot solve the problems we face;
  • a shift in mindset—we seek to transform cultural attitudes from fear and pessimism (about overpopulation, climate crisis, etc.) toward a mindset of proactive problem-solving and confidence in human capability; and
  • a better approach to environmental and natural resources law—defending property rights, challenging regulatory abuse, and ensuring that environmental policy respects the Constitution and protects the market’s ability to solve the problems we face as a nation.

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Litigation Counsel/Senior Litigation Counsel – New Civil Liberties Alliance – Arlington, VA

About the New Civil Liberties Alliance
You may have heard that NCLA took down Chevron deference last year. Well, we are just getting started, and now is a great time to join us! NCLA pursues precedent-setting litigation to enforce constitutional limitations against the Administrative State. NCLA has devised and executed strategies for four significant Supreme Court cases, including Relentless v. Dept. of Commerce (companion case to Loper Bright) and Cochran v. SEC. Having accomplished one of our founding objectives—to overturn Chevron—NCLA has other equally ambitious goals left to pursue. NCLA seeks to immediately hire experienced trial counsel and top-notch constitutional thinkers who share its passion for restoring constitutional constraints on governmental entities.

Founded in 2017 by Columbia Law School professor Philip Hamburger, the New Civil Liberties Alliance is a nonpartisan, nonprofit law firm, which engages in public-interest litigation to defend and restore the liberty established by the U.S. Constitution. NCLA fights unlawful administrative power’s disregard of constitutional freedoms, such as jury-trial rights, due process of law, and free speech. If you are a lawyer who lives, eats, and breathes constitutional law but doesn’t mind getting into the administrative weeds where the Constitution is too often forgotten, but ever useful, then we want to hear from you!

Description of the role
NCLA is hiring for both Litigation Counsel and Senior Litigation Counsel positions. [Read more…]

Civil Rights Litigator – Center for American Liberty – Virtual

About the Center for American Liberty
Center for American Liberty (CAL) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the free speech rights and civil liberties of Americans left behind by other civil rights organizations. The Constitution guarantees individual liberties, but we’ve observed that there is a coordinated assault on our civil liberties from corporations, politicians, socialist revolutionaries, and inept or biased government officials.

Founded in 2018 by Harmeet Dhillon, CAL is leading the fight against this assault on liberty by holding the assailants accountable through the courts. Having won 3 religious liberty cases at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021 on behalf of faithful Californians challenging Governor Newsom’s various COVID restrictions, CAL is now litigating a wide array of cases, including cases against Rose City Antifa, the State of Colorado, the State of Vermont, and various elected officials across the country. Our cases range from parental rights cases in schools, to de-transitioner cases against physicians, to free speech cases on the United States Capitol Grounds.

Job Summary
Reporting to and working closely with the Director of Litigation, the Civil Rights Litigator is responsible for supporting litigation efforts at all stages, including intake of new cases; counseling clients; legal research; drafting demand letters, complaints, motions, and other litigation documents; reviewing documents produced in discovery; and drafting appellate documents. Top applicants will have judicial clerkship experience, superior writing skills, and litigation experience.

The Civil Rights Litigator can work from a virtual office anywhere in the US.

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About Us

Claire Kittle Dixon
President

Claire runs the day-to-day operations of Talent Market, manages searches for clients, and oversees the organization’s fundraising communications, technology, administration, and cat-herding efforts…
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Katy Gambella
Director of Outreach

Katy oversees Talent Market’s outreach to young professionals and manages the outreach team. She also manages searches and executes outreach directly herself…
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Stephanie Keaveney
Senior Manager of Outreach
Stephanie splits her time between managing talent searches for free-market nonprofits, maintaing Talent Market’s social media presence, and engaging in outreach to young professionals interested in liberty-oriented careers…
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Bailey Drouant
Project Manager
Bailey assists free-market nonprofits with their hiring needs by helping them manage the search process from start to finish…
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Savannah Rupp
Project Manager
Savannah channels her expertise to manage searches for free-market nonprofits, ensuring they find the perfect match to drive their missions forward. She also supports Talent Market’s…
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Wait, You’re a Nonprofit?

Talent Market is a nonprofit. We’ll wait here while that sinks in. We know it’s a crazy concept, but it’s been working like a charm since 2009.

Talent Market’s mission is to promote liberty by providing talent for critical roles within the free-market nonprofit sector.

We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation. (We do not work with political organizations, organizations with mission statements that do not clearly advance free-market principles, organizations that focus on social issues, or organizations that have a focus outside of the United States. We are not a job board. ) 

Talent Market believes that the road to prosperity is paved with freedom and that the success of our movement hinges on the talent that will take us there.

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