Legal Fellow

Core responsibilities:

• Advance high-impact litigation to ban factory farms through case development and appeals
• Engage in strategic administrative advocacy in state and federal regulatory proceedings
• Support bold organizing by providing legal support for CAFO issues to organizing teams and allies
• Represent FWW by communicating aggressive viewpoints to decisionmakers, media, and allies

This role creates positive change by advancing legal strategies to oppose factory farming and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), working to create a world with safe food, clean water, and a livable climate through litigation, regulatory advocacy, and grassroots campaign support.

Required qualifications:

• Juris Doctor degree from accredited law school and bar admission in any U.S. state
• 0-2 years of experience as a practicing attorney
• Substantive knowledge of environmental law and litigation
• Excellent legal analysis, writing, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and manage multiple projects

Compensation: $72,000 - $85,000 annually dependent upon experience and location

Benefits include:

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision plans
• 403b retirement plans with employer contribution
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• 3 weeks vacation for new employees
• 12 sick days and 5 personal days
• Paid federal holidays and winter break (December 24 – January 1)
• Bargaining unit position covered under union contract

Food & Water Watch is working to create a healthy future for all people and generations to come—a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water, and a livable climate by involving people in pressing issues at local, state, and federal levels.