The Lawfare Job Board
The following are job announcements of potential interest to Lawfare readers. If you have an announcement to add to the page, email us at press@lawfaremedia.org with the position title, a link to the posting and a two sentence summary of the position.
Interns work alongside the editorial team at Lawfare to publish analysis from leading experts in government, academia, and policy. The internship program seeks to provide students with a pre-professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work experience related to their field of study or career interest. Interns engage in career exploration and development as well as learn new skills.
Lawfare will pay the selected intern $18.40 per hour. Full time applicants (those who can commit to 35 - 40 hours per week during regular business hours roughly 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. ET) are preferred. Part-time candidates—who can also work during regular business hours—will be considered. The Fall 2026 internship at Lawfare will run from Aug. 31, 2026, to Jan. 8, 2027, though start and end dates are flexible.
Learn more and apply here.
Lawfare is hiring two early-career researchers to help develop and expand the use of RAGtime, our AI-enabled research platform for primary-source, democracy-sensitive public records. RAGtime went into production in May 2026 and today integrates more than 1.6 million primary-source legal documents into a single searchable, queryable, and analyzable interface at ragtime.lawfaremedia.org.
This role is less about traditional software engineering than about the imaginative, rigorous use, expansion, and development of a powerful new research tool. Working closely with Lawfare’s editor-in-chief, senior editors, and a community of developers, these fellows sit at the intersection of data analysis, journalism, and innovation to explore what RAGtime makes possible: probing how it engages existing datasets, experimenting with new ones, and developing high-value use cases for journalists, lawyers, researchers, and civil society. It is a role in the spirit of the generalist, conceptually curious—well-suited to someone excited to think alongside a novel technology and help shape how it is used.
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for associate editor at Lawfare. If you've ever listened to our podcasts or read our articles and thought, "I want to be part of that team," now is your chance.
This is a highly demanding job. The associate editor plays a pivotal role in the editorial process, ensuring that articles, documents, podcasts and everything else we produce are up to Lawfare's editorial standards. The associate editor also assists with long-term research projects carried out by members of the Lawfare team, works closely with Lawfare's network of experts, and has opportunities to write articles and host podcasts.
Learn more and apply here.
The Institute for Law & AI is hiring for its inaugural Law & AI Academic Fellowship.
The Law & AI Academic Fellowship is intended as an alternative to university-sponsored Visiting Assistant Professor or law fellow positions for legal scholars wishing to pursue a career in U.S. legal academia. Our goal is to prepare fellows for the U.S. legal academic job market by providing them with the time and resources to produce high-quality, impactful academic research as part of a larger academic application package. Fellows should expect to spend the majority of the fellowship researching and writing articles for publication in law journals.
Learn more and apply here. This is a full-time, two-year role. The salary for the position is $130,000 per year. Applications close on July 31, 2026.
This is a full-time position that can either work the majority of the week in our D.C. office or be fully remote. Occasional travel will be required to engage with policymakers and donors and to attend events and conferences. The salary range for this position is $190,000-$200,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
Learn more and apply here.
The George Washington University Law School seeks applications for a one-year graduate fellowship, specializing in privacy and technology law, beginning as early as July 1, 2026, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The successful candidate will be GW Law’s second Privacy and Technology Law Fellow and also serve as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law.
Learn more on how to apply here.