Attorney Advisor

New York University: NYU - NY: School of Law: Tax Law Center

**Location**:

- See position description.

**Open Date**:

- Oct 28, 2024

**Description**:
The Tax Law Center at the NYU School of Law is seeking one or more full-time Attorney Advisors to work closely with the Executive Director to contribute to rigorous, high-impact tax legal work in the public interest.

You are an attorney with experience practicing US tax law or working in US federal government processes of crafting, interpreting, or administering tax law, and are excited to work closely with academics, legal practitioners, and policymakers to advance racial and economic equity in taxation. You are an excellent writer of rigorous technical tax materials, such as reports, memos, briefs, comments, or legislation and regulations. You are a highly-organized project manager and a clear communicator, able to manage production of high-quality, timely written work, and exercise judgement about where to focus time and resources to have robust input in fast-moving tax law and policy processes.

**Responsibilities**

The Attorney Advisor, who will report to the Executive Director or another senior member of staff, will be responsible for duties including:

- In consultation with other senior staff, helping to shape an ongoing research agenda for the organization, and authoring a variety of technical tax written products called for in that agenda, including reports, briefs, and comments on regulations.
- Supervising a Research Associate in the production of a series of written products, ensuring the quality and timeliness of work from outside authors.
- Helping to design and implement systems to identify and prioritize opportunities for the Center to further its mission.
- Building strong, confidential relationships with high-level practitioners, academics, and other outside experts.

**Requirements**:

- JD or equivalent and some US experience in tax practice or federal tax policy making or administration.
- Strong legal research and writing skills, including the ability to express precise, highly technical information in a way that is clear and compelling.
- Excellent communication skills.
- A commitment to the mission of the Center.

Prior experience managing staff is a plus but is not required, but you need to be excited to develop these skills.

The Tax Law Center has physical office space at NYU School of Law in New York, but also offers hybrid or remote work arrangements from within the US.

**Application Instructions**:
You will be asked to upload a resume.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.