What you'll do: · Working with VRP data scientists, build a centralized data and mapping resource bank to support litigation and analysis on county, city, school, and other locally elected government redistricting plans and election policies; · Investigate, initiate, litigate, try and appeal voting rights and fair map cases primarily in California state courts; · Track other litigation and identify vulnerable jurisdictions; · Support partner organizations in building additional legal capacity to absorb anticipated litigation demands; · Develop and deliver, with the assistance of other VRP experts and attorneys, statewide trainings for attorneys, advocates, students, and community partners; · Create a legal resource bank of form notices, pleadings, expert report frameworks and model briefing to support other voting rights litigators; · Collaborate with local citizens and officials, and other VRP attorneys/data scientists to implement integrated advocacy efforts drawing on a mix of legal, research, communications, and legislative advocacy functions, and serve as a resource on legal matters to colleagues; · Draft and/or coordinate amicus briefs in cases; · Prepare and present testimony before elected government bodies and administrative agencies; · Assist in developing communication materials, including press releases, op-eds, articles, blog posts, and social media assets; · Assist with fundraising and development pitches, drafting and submission of grant proposals and reports, and other tasks needed to promote the organization and its mission; and · Develop equitable and reciprocal relationships with scholars, external community-based organizations, other lawyers and law firms, and elected officials. These tasks include shaping a legal docket that advances the organization's legal advocacy goals, sending and following up on demand letters and open records requests, reviewing and responding to intake requests, engaging in legislative and local ordinance advocacy, drafting pleadings, expert designations, discovery responses and objections and all other litigation, trial and appellate filings, presenting oral advocacy, conducting witness preparation and examination, and engaging in all other activities that are required in a successful voting rights case.