Position Title: Legal Director Job Responsibilities: The Legal Director at the organization is tasked with a variety of responsibilities that are crucial to the advancement of the rights of people with disabilities in Mississippi. The primary duties include: - Supervising all legal staff within the organization, ensuring that the team operates efficiently and effectively. - Providing intake and case supervision for the agency, along with managing any individual cases assig
Job Title: Intern, Policy Research (Summer 2026) Job Responsibilities: The intern will work closely with the Policy Research Team to support advocacy strategies that align with the organization's impact areas, including Economic Justice, Decriminalization and Decarceration, Democracy, and Human Rights, Inclusion, and Anti-Extremism. Key responsibilities include: - Conducting research, writing, and data analysis to support advocacy strategies. - Assisting in the drafting of
Job Title: Intern, 2026 Summer Legal (1L) Job Responsibilities: - Work on cutting-edge legal issues within one of the organization's five Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams, including Economic Justice. - Participate in professional development and networking opportunities throughout the summer. - Assist attorneys with litigation and help to implement community-focused strategies to influence positive change in the lives of children, workers, people impacted by hate and ext
Job Title: Intern, 2026 Summer Legal (1L) Job Responsibilities: - Work on cutting-edge legal issues within one of the organization's five Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams, with a focus on Criminal Legal System Reform. This involves challenging unconstitutional laws and practices that reinforce racial inequities in the justice system and seeking to end inhumane prison conditions and mass incarceration across the Deep South. - Participate in professional development and ne
Job Title: Intern, 2026 Summer Legal (1L) Job Responsibilities: - Participate in cutting-edge legal issues within one of the five Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams at the organization, specifically focusing on Democracy: Education and Youth. This involves challenging the school-to-prison pipeline and opposing censorship and exclusionary policies in schools. - Assist attorneys with litigation processes and contribute to implementing community-focused strategies aimed at in
Job Title: Intern, 2026 Summer Legal (1L) Job Responsibilities: - Work on cutting-edge legal issues within the Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams. - Engage in litigation efforts to challenge racial gerrymandering and discriminatory tactics that disenfranchise voters. - Advocate for Black and Brown communities to exercise their rights at the ballot box. - Assist attorneys with litigation and implement community-focused strategies. - Influence positive change in the lives of
Job Title: Intern, 2026 Summer Legal (1L) Job Responsibilities: - Work on cutting-edge legal issues within one of the organization's five Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams, with a focus on inclusion and anti-extremism. - Use federal, state, and local laws to support lawsuits against hate and extremist groups to disrupt their operations and challenge exclusionary policies aimed at marginalized communities. - Participate in professional development and networking opportunit