The Koch Associate Program (KAP) is a career accelerator for early to mid-career professionals with a drive to tackle our country’s most pressing challenges in more effective, principled ways. KAP equips associates with the tools, mindsets, and community to succeed as social entrepreneurs—individuals excited to find new and better ways to break barriers and eliminate injustice. Associates spend one day each week engaging in experiential learning with Stand Together Fellowships and work at one of our many partner organizations the rest of the week. Our curriculum is designed to supercharge your development and equip you for long-term success as you seek to have an impact on the problems that prevent people from realizing their potential.
IW’s Legal Policy Analyst supports the work of the Independent Women’s Law Center and broader IW policy team by tracking, analyzing, and translating legal and regulatory developments. She will assist in producing legal and policy content that supports IW’s mission and advances its policy priorities.
She will serve as a key support resource for the Law Center and policy teams, helping bridge legal analysis and policy work across issue areas.
She must be comfortable working to advance IW’s mission and share our core values, be a team player who is happy to say “yes” to any and all tasks, and have a strong interest in legal and regulatory policy. She should be a self-starter who is detail- and results-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
With hard work, IW’s Legal Policy Analyst could gain significant exposure to legal and policy work, develop specialized expertise, build relationships across policy and legal networks, and grow into a more senior role. Initially, the role is focused on supporting the Law Center and IW’s policy experts.
Independent Women® ‘s trusted experts, analysis, and data enable us to drive informed conversations to build support for better policy solutions. We are different, in that we successfully talk to not only the conservative base, but to centrist women independents, and Millennials/Gen Z helping them embrace policies and approaches that improve lives.
IW operates as a virtual office. While we maintain regular working hours, our virtual office means staff spends more time getting things done and less time sitting in traffic. Still, we understand the importance of personal relationships,which is why we remain in constant daily communicatio n and hold regular staff and department calls.
Types of Activities Include:
- Track key court cases, including monitoring oral arguments and decisions;
- Support the development and filing of amicus briefs;
- Draft regular SCOTUS Snapshot updates and related legal content;
- Track and analyze federal and state legal and regulatory developments relevant to IW’s policy priorities;
- Support the Law Center in drafting legal analyses, comment letters, and policy materials;
- Conduct legal and policy research to support ongoing projects and initiatives;
- Assist in drafting blogs, memos, and backgrounders translating legal issues for broader audiences;
- Help prepare materials for regulatory comments, litigation support, and legislative engagement;
- Work with the State Affairs and policy teams to support engagement with policymakers;
- Collaborate with IW Comms to ensure legal concepts are clearly and accurately communicated;
- Assist in coordinating across policy centers to ensure legal consistency in IW’s work; and
- Potentially support video, media, and educational content development.
Applicants for this job should possess:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with strong analytical and research abilities;
- A demonstrated interest in law, public policy, or regulatory issues (J.D. candidate, recent graduate, or equivalent experience preferred but not required);
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, accessible language;
- A “yes” attitude and strong self-directed work ethic;
- 0–2 years of relevant experience;
- Ability to work remotely without significant daily oversight;
- Willingness to travel sporadically throughout the year as needed.
About Stand Together Fellowships Learn more about Stand Together Fellowships. Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. 
