Children and the Law - Staff Attorney 2

Full-time

No

• Job Shift Day
• Job Type Full Time
• Job Category Legal
• Location USA-Multiple
• Post End Date 7/7/2021

# Staff Attorney 2 - Children and the Law

The American Bar Association (ABA) is a member-based organization that works to ensure access to justice, a fair legal process, and respect for the rule of law at home and across the globe. ABA staff are provided multiple types of continuing education and career development opportunities. ABA recognizes the value staff contribute to its success through a generous benefits package that protects their health and financial security.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Attorney 2 to join the ABA team and work in the Children and the Law department. The ideal candidate will have a Doctoral Degree (JD, PhD) and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction and at least four (4) years working in child welfare or other relevant specialized area of law.

## Job Summary/General Purpose of Job
The Staff Attorney 2 will be responsible for conducting research and writing speeches, memoranda, and articles for publication, providing substantive advice, information and making policy recommendations, facilitating multidisciplinary convenings, designing and delivering substantive content for presentations and training, and managing substantive/legal project aspects.

## Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
- Conduct research and write speeches, memoranda, articles, frequently for publication.
- Provide substantive advice, information and make policy recommendations. Serve as principal ABA expert on a substantive area of law or public policy. Includes contacts with government entities and with the media.
- Commit to promoting racial justice, inclusion, and cultural sensitivity in projects, training, writings, and policies.
- Facilitate multidisciplinary convenings, build and maintain relationships with community stakeholders including persons with lived experience, medical schools, medical providers, public health, child welfare, legal and judicial, and race equity experts. Coordinate or support member sub-groups and coordinate with external constituencies.
- Design and deliver substantive content for presentations and training.
- Contribute to writing of proposals for additional grant funding.
- Assist with co-managing and updating project website and other communication platforms, including technical aspects and social media.
- Give presentations and/or teach on legal and public policy issues. Act as a consultant designing substantive content of events, developing model documents, and conducting training.
- Manage substantive/legal project aspects. Oversee research, report-writing, and publication. Coordinate or support member sub-groups and coordinate with external constituencies. Manage consultants, interns/externs.
- Analyze laws, regulations, court rules and policies/policy proposals; prepare memoranda of law or on public policy; provide legal counsel.
- Research, draft, write, review and critique legislative/rule/policy or regulatory text. Manage policy adoption process.
- Secure outside funding; write grants; deal with grant makers.
- Perform other related duties as required.

## Required Education, Qualifications, Experience
- Doctoral Degree (JD, PhD) and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
- At least four (4) years working in child welfare or other relevant specialized area of law.
- Experience in health law, social and racial justice, grant management is a plus.
- High level of skills at legal writing and research, oral and written communications, and organizational skill.
- Substantial experience in policy analysis.

## Physical Requirements
Typical office work environment.

## Extent of Travel Required in the Job
Ability to travel 20% is required.

## Salary Information
- Pay Type: Salary
- Min Hiring Rate: $89,
- Max Hiring Rate: $109,
- Travel Required: Yes
- Travel %: 20
- Job Shift: Day
- Job Type: Full Time
- Job Category: Legal
- Location: USA-Multiple
- Post End Date: 7/7/2021

A reputed firm is looking for an experienced Staff Attorney 2 to join the team and work in the Children and the Law department. The ideal candidate will have a Doctoral Degree (JD, PhD) and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction and at least four (4) years working in child welfare or other relevant specialized area of law. The Staff Attorney 2 will be responsible for conducting research and writing speeches, memoranda, and articles for publication, providing substantive advice, information and making policy recommendations, facilitating multidisciplinary convenings, designing and delivering substantive content for presentations and training, and managing substantive/legal project aspects.

## Qualifications and Experience
- Doctoral Degree (JD, PhD) and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
- At least four (4) years working in child welfare or other relevant specialized area of law.
- Experience in health law, social and racial justice, grant management is a plus.
- High level of skills at legal writing and research, oral and written communications, and organizational skill.
- Substantial experience in policy analysis.

## Job Responsibilities
- Conduct research and write speeches, memoranda, articles, frequently for publication.
- Provide substantive advice, information and make policy recommendations. Serve as principal ABA expert on a substantive area of law or public policy

includes contacts with government entities and with the media. • assist with co-managing and updating project website and other communication platforms, including technical aspects and social media. applicants are encouraged to describe applicable experience in a cover letter as part of resume submission. in compliance with the ada amendments act (adaaa), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with the american bar association, please

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