Pros
Really interesting, high-impact work. In a time of a lot of national uncertainty and toxicity, it felt like we were meaningfully fighting back. I do believe the organization tries to consistently do better, and it's a space that encourages discourse and dissent (which can be exhausting, but is better than the alternative).
Cons
This can be such a weird place to work. There are so many traps to fall into in terms of dynamics with affiliates, relationships with colleagues, etc. Training is limited, so you often don't the rules and norms until you've broken them (and made someone quite angry at you). There's a lot of ego. It's a 100-year-old legal organization at its core, and there's a lot of elitism and toxicity, particularly directed at people who aren't white men who went to Harvard. There's not a lot of accountability for some people (almost exclusively white men) who seem to fail upward.