International Legal Analyst

About This Role

An International Legal Analyst at PNNL conducts public international law, comparative law, and domestic legal and regulatory research, primarily focusing on nuclear law and other international security issues related to technology deployment. This role involves analyzing legal frameworks, supporting technical assistance curricula, and drafting legal analysis products for decision-makers in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Responsibilities

• Conduct public international law, comparative law, and domestic legal and regulatory research primarily related to nuclear law and regulation, and other international security issues arising from the deployment of technology
• Analyze international law and policy and existing national laws, regulations, and policy documents to identify divergences
• Support the development or delivery of curricula for foreign technical assistance related to chemical, biological, nuclear and radioactive materials security and international nuclear safeguards
• Research, draft, and contribute to written products that contain related legal analysis
• Apply knowledge of international law, U.S. law and policy, theory, and general industry standards/practices in subject areas such as novel applications and deployments of nuclear technologies (e.g., maritime, outer space), strategic trade controls, arms control, international nuclear safeguards, security of extremely hazardous, weaponizable chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear (CBRN) materials and associated facilities and activities, cybersecurity, and governance and risk mitigation of artificial intelligence
• Utilize technical expertise in one or more legal and/or policy disciplines or subfields; determine significance and reliability of incoming information; integrate new information with current data
• Apply and interpret theories, principles, methods, tools, and technologies within an area of specialty
• Provide technical expertise, analysis, and publishable products to advance knowledge of law and policy and address some of the most challenging problems in national security, energy, and the environment
• Monitor regulatory, policy, licensing or other business developments and translate findings into actionable process or service improvement recommendations
• Work on discrete pieces of larger projects or simultaneously with different customers or on different projects
• Work independently with appropriate oversight
• Seek out mentoring and professional development opportunities

Requirements

• BS/BA and 5 years of relevant experience OR MS/MA, PhD, or JD/LLM and 3 years of relevant experience
• Strong research and analytical skills, including the ability to gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from diverse and complex sources including AI tools
• Knowledge of theory and general industry standards/practices in nonproliferation-related disciplines or subject areas, such as space and maritime law, international safeguards, nuclear export control, arms control, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear security, including the application of established policies, procedures, and analytic techniques to generate solutions