Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Location: Lansdowne, VA

Team Overview

The Legal Administrative Assistant is a vital part of the US Legal Advocacy Team and will be responsible for assisting your assigned team members in a variety of administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Act in a confidential capacity while anticipating and supporting the needs of assigned attorneys and team members.
• Manage clerical responsibilities and special projects with direct supervision, including maintaining case files in the Litigation database and electronic document management systems.
• Prepare, proofread, and edit legal documents, correspondence, binders (pleadings and research), basic court filings (including CM/ECF), pro hac vice motions, court admissions paperwork, and presentations, reports, and organizational charts.
• Coordinate administrative functions, including managing Outlook calendars, scheduling meetings and events, arranging travel itineraries, maintaining office supplies/IT support, and serving as backup for other assistants.
• Process operational tasks such as reconciling purchase card expenses, submitting invoices and vouchers, preparing shipping labels and packages (UPS/FedEx), and handling faxing, scanning, copying, and collating legal documents and exhibits.
• Create, maintain, and organize hard-copy and electronic files while preparing client, court, and attorney correspondence and ensuring proper filing of court documents.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years of legal administrative experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong administrative, organizational, and communication skills.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Lansdowne, VA

Team Overview

As a Paralegal, you are a vital part of the US Legal Advocacy Team. In this role, you will report to the Sr. Counsel and work with attorneys on the litigation team. You will perform highly advanced and specialized legal assistant work. Work involves researching, drafting legal documents, and assisting attorneys with case management. Work independently with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Act in a confidential capacity to all Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys.
• Know and understand federal, state, and local rules and ensure they are followed for each case.
• Utilize CM/ECF to electronically file documents in federal and state courts.
• Prepare templates for complaints, motions, briefs, petitions, and other legal documents.
• Create tables of contents and tables of authorities for briefs and other legal documents.
• Prepare trial notebooks and exhibits.
• Prepare deposition notices and exhibits.
• Compile and organize documents for discovery, hearings, and trial preparation.
• Utilize eDiscovery platform to manage, review, and assist with production.
• Monitor court docket for assigned cases.
• Conduct legal research using Westlaw and other online databases.
• Check citations in briefs and other legal documents to determine the accuracy of quoted material.
• Check citations to determine the accuracy of citation format according to the Bluebook, local court rules, or other citation guidelines.
• Maintain and manage case files and calendaring deadlines in the case management database.
• Maintain and manage documents in iManage.
• Assist with special projects as needed.
• May supervise legal duties of one or more legal administrative assistants, when needed.
• You will be asked to perform related duties or special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Paralegal degree or national certification or equivalent work experience.
• Requires 5+ years of advanced experience performing litigation paralegal duties.
• Strong cite-checking skills and working knowledge of Bluebook.
• Experience working with multiple attorneys simultaneously while maintaining a heavy litigation caseload.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills.
• Strong computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to professionally handle confidential information.
• Make sound decisions under demanding conditions.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Scottsdale, AZ / Lansdowne, VA / Dallas, TX

Team Overview

Alliance Defending Freedom is looking for a highly skilled Legal Counsel to join us in our Scottsdale, AZ, Dallas, TX, or Lansdowne, VA office. As Legal Counsel, you are a vital part of the US Legal Division Team. In this role, you will report to Sr. Counsel. Legal Counsel is an experienced attorney capable of undertaking complex litigation and appellate advocacy without substantial oversight by senior attorneys. Legal Counsel trains junior attorneys in basic civil litigation with emphasis on First Amendment law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights actions; also litigates civil actions up to including trial and appeals, drafts legal documents, advises clients as to legal rights, and practices other phases of law by performing the following duties. Legal Counsel oversees administrative and paralegal support functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and interview clients and witnesses
• Prepare and respond to written discovery; conduct and defend depositions
• Represent clients in court, and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government; interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses
• Confer with colleagues to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings
• Cooperate with Development team, including speaking engagements and other events
• Review in-house contracts and legal issues
• Interact with media regarding cases and issues
• Advise allied attorneys on legal issues within areas of competence
• Network and develop relationships with allied attorneys, and/or potential allied attorneys
• Train junior attorneys; perform quality control via review and editing of junior attorneys’ drafts; in-house workshops, and one-on-one mentoring

Minimum Qualifications

• J.D., active license in at least one US state bar, and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction within one year
• 1+ years of complex litigation experience
• Ability to professionally handle confidential information
• Work, motivate, and initiate within a team
• Prioritize and achieve deadline goals
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and Westlaw
• Excellent organizational, analytical, attention to detail, project management, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Trial experience

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Location: Lansdowne, VA

Team Overview

The Legal Administrative Assistant is a vital part of the US Legal Advocacy Team and will be responsible for assisting your assigned team members in a variety of administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Act in a confidential capacity while anticipating and supporting the needs of assigned attorneys and team members.
• Manage clerical responsibilities and special projects with direct supervision, including maintaining case files in the Litigation database and electronic document management systems.
• Prepare, proofread, and edit legal documents, correspondence, binders (pleadings and research), basic court filings (including CM/ECF), pro hac vice motions, court admissions paperwork, and presentations, reports, and organizational charts.
• Coordinate administrative functions, including managing Outlook calendars, scheduling meetings and events, arranging travel itineraries, maintaining office supplies/IT support, and serving as backup for other assistants.
• Process operational tasks such as reconciling purchase card expenses, submitting invoices and vouchers, preparing shipping labels and packages (UPS/FedEx), and handling faxing, scanning, copying, and collating legal documents and exhibits.
• Create, maintain, and organize hard-copy and electronic files while preparing client, court, and attorney correspondence and ensuring proper filing of court documents.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years of legal administrative experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong administrative, organizational, and communication skills.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Scottsdale, AZ / Lansdowne, VA / Dallas, TX

Team Overview

In this role, you are responsible for undertaking the most advanced and complex litigation handled by ADF, carrying the brunt of the day-to-day litigation, and training more junior attorneys to litigate within areas of particular interest to ADF. Supervise senior, midlevel, and junior attorneys in complex civil litigation with emphasis on First Amendment law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Litigate complex cases at appellate and trial levels
• Undertake immediate legal action in urgent circumstances
• Exercise initiative as a senior attorney to investigate potential cases
• Represent clients in court and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government.
• Supervise individual attorneys and team attorneys who are litigating federal and state civil rights cases
• Review and edit substantive briefs
• Participate in moot courts for appellate and trial cases
• Train and mentor midlevel and junior attorneys in all phases of state and federal litigation.
• Maintain superior quality of all legal papers via review and editing; conduct advanced legal research on novel issues of law
• Interview clients and witnesses
• Prepare and file legal briefs
• Develops strategy, arguments, and testimony in preparation for presentation of case
• Provide legal advice regarding laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses
• Cooperate with Development team by accepting various opportunities to communicate ADF’s legal operations to our ministry friends
• Network and develop relationships with allied attorneys, and/or potential allied attorneys

Minimum Qualifications

• J.D., active license in at least one US state bar and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction within one year.
• 10+ years of complex litigation experience
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, and Westlaw software
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical, attention to detail, and project management skills
• Ability to work, motivate, and initiate within a team

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?