Fair and Just Prosecution

Research and Policy Fellow (REMOTE)

San Francisco, CA, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1121 days ago

Project ManagementResearchCommunication

About the role

Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) is seeking applications for Research and Policy Fellows.
New thinking has started to permeate the justice system and has prompted proactive and prevention-oriented strategies.
Against that backdrop, a new generation of reform-minded state and local elected prosecutors committed to changing their office culture and promoting a less punitive approach to addressing crime has come into office.

Work with FJP staff to help develop, promote and oversee opportunities for academic collaborations
Work with FJP staff to help develop and update project management and tracking tools and mechanisms

Additionally, you have the following background, experience, and skills/abilities:
You have an important and robust job.

Interface with recently elected prosecutors, national organizations, academics and justice system leaders
Bachelor's degree required
JD, Master's Degree or equivalent post-graduate degree preferred.
Understanding of justice and/or policy reform work
Strong writing, research and oral communication skills
Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks, and help keep a large national project organized and on track

FJP brings together these reform-minded and innovative elected prosecutors as part of a network of leaders committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibility.
Work with FJP staff to identify and promote other learning opportunities and partnerships that can enhance the ability of FJP prosecutive leaders to learn about and implement new justice system practices and thinking

Great strides have been made over the past few years in promoting criminal justice reforms that recognize that prior "tough on crime" and incarceration-driven practices don't always produce safer or healthier communities.
Recently elected DAs in geographic areas ranging from Los Angeles, St.
Louis, and Philadelphia to smaller rural communities are pushing back against the "law and order/tough on crime" rhetoric of past decades and elevating a national conversation around the importance of a fair, equitable and right-sized justice system.
Work with FJP staff to help develop and conduct interviews, oversee surveys and provide assistance and support to prosecutive leaders who are part of the FJP network

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