Careers at FarmSTAND
The movement for a fair food system is fueled by its people. At FarmSTAND, we are lawyers, organizers, and communicators using our skills and passion to drive change. Are you ready to join us?
FarmSTAND is the only legal project in the country dedicated solely to taking on industrial animal agriculture.
We’re focused on dismantling the structures that enable the consolidation of corporate power and extractive practices in our food system and we support a vision of animal agriculture that is regenerative, humane, and owned by independent farmers. We believe we cannot make change alone, and that we must align ourselves with allies across movement sectors. In these partnerships, we combine litigation with base building and storytelling to create meaningful change.
FarmSTAND is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and progressive workplace. People of color, LGBTQ applicants, people with disabilities, and veterans are all strongly encouraged to apply.
Open Positions
Staff Attorney
Legal Intern (Summer 2027)
FarmSTAND Staff Attorney
Reports to: Senior Staff Attorney
Location: Remote
Salary: $96,114 for 2023 grad and adjustments based on experience
Start date: Based on availability
About FarmSTAND
FarmSTAND is the only legal project in the country dedicated solely to taking on industrial animal agriculture. We’re focused on dismantling the structures that enable the consolidation of corporate power and extractive practices in our food system and we support a vision of animal agriculture that is regenerative, humane, and owned by independent farmers. We believe we cannot make change alone, and that we must align ourselves with allies across movement sectors. In these partnerships, we combine litigation with base building and storytelling to create meaningful change.
About the position
The FarmSTAND Staff Attorney should have at least three years of litigation experience, including clerkships or fellowships. We are particularly interested in an excellent litigator who can quickly grow to oversee cases, especially those focused around farmer and rural community advocacy. Our current docket in his area includes APA suits concerning relevant government programs and rollbacks as well as well as state law and environmental actions focused on the immediate harms of factory farms. Accordingly, experience in administrative, land and resource use, and/or environmental litigation is preferred, along with strong case management skills and a complete understanding of the litigation process from inception through appeal, including discovery. We are prepared to hire someone who, within the next couple of years, can grow into a Senior Staff Attorney responsible for envisioning and managing a segment of our docket aligned with our theory of change and strategic plan.
All Staff Attorneys work with clients, allies, and impacted community organizations to implement FarmSTAND’s movement-oriented litigation. This involves positioning litigation as part of multi-tactical campaigns, litigating with an eye towards both precedent setting and power building, and working in coalitions and collaborative networks. FarmSTAND Staff Attorneys also regularly engage in public speaking and outreach.
Key responsibilities
- Further, and where appropriate, lead the investigation and strategic development of potentially complex cases that advance the organization’s strategic plan and annual goals, at the direction of Senior Staff Attorneys and the Managing Director of Litigation.
- Serve as co-counsel, and, as appropriate, lead counsel, engaging in the full range of litigation tasks, including case investigations, research and development, discovery, briefing, oral argument, appeals, and/or amicus briefs.
- Support the implementation of integrated advocacy initiatives, campaigns, and strategies that combine litigation with other tools, including through the production of materials for impacted communities and attorneys, and through public communications such as press releases, media interviews, and press conferences.
- Actively engage in outreach and participate in coalitions, collaborative networks, conferences, seminars, law school events and the like to build relationships and support allies and movement-building activities.
- Support or engage in legislative and regulatory activities to defend victories or address policies connected with FarmSTAND’s work.
- Oversee fellows, law clerks, paralegals, and, where appropriate, other attorneys on assigned tasks, and engage in recruitment efforts as necessary and appropriate.
- Other advocacy work to further FarmSTAND’s priorities.
Qualifications
- At least three years of legal experience.
- Preference given for people with substantial litigation experience covering all aspects of a case, and particularly brief writing of dispositive motions and/or appeals.
- Preference given for people whose litigation background can be applied to the issues faced by rural communities and farmers, although direct experience representing those groups is not required.
- Excellent analytical, legal research, and writing skills.
- Excellent communication and public speaking skills.
- Self-motivation and proven ability to work as part of a team.
- Strong work ethic, initiative, and sound, yet creative judgment.
- Willingness to travel, meaning as much as once a month for more than half of the year.
- Sensitivity to the needs and concerns of and the ability to work with individuals and groups from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations.
- A strong desire to build a movement to achieve a more just food system.
- Willingness to contribute to the creation of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work community that encourages collaboration.
- Admission to a State Bar and willingness and ability to be admitted to the DC bar.
Work structure
This is a full-time, exempt position, with a salary starting $96,114 for a 2023 law graduate with adjustments based on experience. We are a fully remote workplace, although we maintain an office address in D.C.
Benefits
We provide 17 days of paid vacation, 8 days of sick leave, all federal holidays, additional FarmSTAND holidays, employer-paid health, dental and vision insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit a:
- Cover letter that conveys why you are drawn to FarmSTAND’s mission and the objectives of this position and how your experience fits with those objectives.
- Resume.
- If you are within five years of graduation, law school transcript (official or unofficial).
- Contact information for three references.
- Writing sample, preferably a legal brief or memorandum for which you can explain the extent of editing by someone else. The best writing samples address complex legal issues from an advocate’s perspective.
Your application should consist of two electronic files: (1) your cover letter, resume, transcript, and references in a single .pdf file; and (2) a writing sample in another .pdf file. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials by September 28, 2026, at which point applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please submit both files to jobs@farmSTAND.org with “Staff Attorney” in the subject line.
FarmSTAND is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and progressive workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. We are most interested in finding the best overall fit, not completing a checklist. We encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ applicants, people with disabilities, to apply.
Legal Intern (Summer 2027)
Reports to: Staff Attorney
Location: Remote
Salary: $25/hour (or academic credit if you prefer)
Start date: Summer 2027
About FarmSTAND
How our society produces, distributes, and consumes food impacts everyone. Right now, that system consistently produces harm to maximize profit. A handful of corporations have consolidated control over all aspects of the food system, including shaping laws that let them exploit animals and the environment, as well as consumers and workers – often concentrating the worst harms on the most vulnerable communities.
Our food system should nourish people and protect animals and the environment – not just exist to further enrich wealthy corporations.
FarmSTAND is the only legal project in the country dedicated solely to taking on industrial animal agriculture. We’re focused on dismantling the structures that enable the consolidation of corporate power and extractive practices in our food system and we support a vision of animal agriculture that is regenerative, humane, and owned by independent farmers. We believe we cannot make change alone, and that we must align ourselves with allies across movement sectors. In these partnerships, we combine litigation with base building and storytelling to create meaningful change.
From protecting our land, water, and animals, to standing up for the rights of workers and food producers, dismantling industrial animal agriculture moves us all closer to the world we want to see.
About the position
FarmSTAND is seeking a full time, paid, legal intern for Summer 2027. The precise dates and hours of any internship will be determined between FarmSTAND and the accepted candidate. This internship is open to current law students. The intern will work with FarmSTAND’s legal team on developing and implementing the organization’s litigation designed to further FarmSTAND’s mission.
Except for amicus briefs, nearly all of our litigation begins in state and federal trial courts, although we regularly pursue matters through appeal, including to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our docket currently consists of claims on behalf of farmers and farm workers, environmental suits, false advertising claims, and constitutional challenges to laws seeking to strip workers and advocates of their rights. We seek to build our cases to enhance the power of allies, using litigation as a tool to further their campaigns, and to promote an alternative narrative for how the food system can operate. You can read more about our work on farmstand.org.
Key responsibilities
- Conduct legal research and fact development related to case investigations and active litigation, including for complaints and briefs;
- Draft work product for cases and intakes;
- Assist in developing outreach materials, including blog posts and presentations; and
- Participate in organization-wide strategy sessions.
Desired Skills
- Preference for law students who will have completed their 2L year at the start of the internship;
- Superb analytical, legal research, legal writing, and speaking skills;
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks at a time;
- Self-motivation and proven ability to work independently;
- Ability to work well with others and diverse groups; and
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to follow-through.At least three years of legal experience.
Apply
Interested candidates should submit as a single PDF document: (1) a cover letter detailing your interest in FarmSTAND; (2) a resume; (3) an unofficial law school transcript; and (4) a legal writing sample, including a description of the degree to which the sample was written or edited by others and whether generative artificial intelligence was used in the drafting of the sample. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials by November 6, 2026, at which point applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please email your application materials to jobs@farmSTAND.org with “Summer 2027 Intern” in the subject line.
FarmSTAND is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and progressive workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. We are most interested in finding the best overall fit, not completing a checklist. We encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ applicants, people with disabilities, to apply.