Job Title: Senior Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Support the organization's litigation work, with a focus on impact litigation. - Collaborate with the director of litigation to develop, execute, and support major litigation efforts. - Work within the principles of community lawyering and participate in interdisciplinary teams. - Engage closely with the organization's six programs: Civil Rights and Racial Justice; Health Justice and Public Benefits; Housing and C
Job Title: Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Litigation Attorney at the organization will be engaged in impactful public-interest law, focusing on areas such as economic liberty, free speech, private property rights, and educational choice. Attorneys will be responsible for developing their own cases, directing legal strategy, taking depositions, and presenting oral arguments through every stage of litigation, up to and including the . Supreme Court. The role
Job Title: Separation of Powers Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Generate and lead high-profile cases within the organization’s Separation of Powers Program. - Identify and litigate emerging separation of powers theories to enforce individuals’ rights through the Constitution’s structural protections. - Advocate for separation of powers both philosophically and practically by engaging with organizations, trade groups, academia, and the media to advance the organization...
Job Title: Counsel/Senior Counsel, Voting Rights Program and Bernard and Anne Spitzer Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Conduct legal and factual research and public writing to support policy advocacy, legislative reform, and communications initiatives. - Help advance state-level policy reforms, often in collaboration with coalition partners. - Participate in impact litigation, including research, brief writing, and strategy development. - Write and speak for a general, non-leg
Job Title: Chief Legal Advocacy Officer Job Responsibilities: The Chief Legal Advocacy Officer (CLAO) at the organization is an executive leadership role focused on advancing the organization's litigation, policy, and public education strategies to serve LGBTQ+ communities and individuals living with HIV. The CLAO is responsible for: - Shaping and advancing litigation, policy, and public education strategies. - Strengthening organizational systems and infrastructure in alig
Job Title: Senior Counsel or Senior Staff Attorney, Litigation Job Responsibilities: As a Senior Counsel or Senior Staff Attorney in the Legal department, you will engage in all facets of impact and individual litigation, including legal research, fact investigation, client collaboration, drafting pleadings, briefs, and legal memoranda, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments in court. You will identify and develo
Job Title: Mississippi LLI Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Mississippi LLI Attorney will be responsible for providing pro bono legal support to journalists and news outlets engaged in local enterprise and investigative journalism within Mississippi. Key responsibilities include: - Representing Mississippi journalists and news organizations in litigation and other matters involving access to judicial records/proceedings, freedom of information, and other newsgathering and
Job Title: Louisiana LLI Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Louisiana LLI Attorney will work remotely on a full-time basis, focusing on providing pro bono legal support to journalists and news outlets engaged in local enterprise and investigative journalism within Louisiana. Key responsibilities include: - Representing journalists and news organizations in Louisiana in litigation and other matters related to access to judicial records/proceedings, freedom of information, an
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Represent journalists and news organizations in legal matters involving access to judicial records/proceedings, freedom of information, and other newsgathering and First Amendment issues. This responsibility includes various tasks such as: - Intake and case selection. - Making strategic decisions. - Drafting correspondence, administrative appeals, pleadings, briefs, and other legal filings in trial and appellate courts.
Job Title: Litigator Job Responsibilities: - Lead and support all phases of impact litigation in federal and state courts, focusing on immigrant rights, civil liberties, First Amendment protections, and privacy rights. - Conduct factual record development, legal research, and analysis; identify plaintiffs; draft pleadings, briefs, and motions; handle discovery processes. - Collaborate with internal staff and external partners to ensure litigation aligns with organizing, poli
Job Title: Co-Director, Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Co-manage the litigation department, which includes strategic planning, budgeting, and cross-program coordination. - Share responsibility with the Co-Director, Litigation, for the overall litigation vision and leadership of the team. - Lead and support all phases of impact litigation in federal and state courts, focusing on immigrant rights, civil liberties, First Amendment protections, and privacy rights. - Conduct
Job Title: Senior Litigation Attorney Organization: CAIR Legal Defense Fund (a nonprofit subsidiary of CAIR Foundation) Job Responsibilities: - Lead or co-lead trial teams and collaborate with other attorneys on case strategy. - Independently manage all aspects of litigation, including fact investigations, coordinating expert discovery, taking and defending depositions, drafting and arguing substantive motions, leading trial preparations, and presenting oral arguments in fe
Job Title: Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Counsel, LGBTQ & HIV Project Job Responsibilities: The position of Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel within the LGBTQ & HIV Project at the organization’s National Office entails a variety of responsibilities aimed at advancing the rights of LGBTQ individuals and those living with HIV. The role involves creating and implementing strategies that leverage litigation, legislative advocacy, policy adv...
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Reform Project Job Responsibilities: - Lead and contribute to impact litigation in state and federal courts across the ., including tasks such as investigating potential lawsuits, researching and drafting pleadings and briefs, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings, oral arguments, trials, and appeals. - Maintain a docket of active and developing lawsu
Job Title Deputy Director Job Responsibilities The Deputy Director, Litigation at the organization will lead complex civil and constitutional litigation efforts. The role involves developing and executing comprehensive litigation strategies, overseeing case direction, discovery, and trial work. The Deputy Director will mentor and supervise attorneys and fellows, ensuring alignment with advocacy and communications efforts in collaboration with grassroots partners. Educatio
Job Title: Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney in the Voting Rights Project is responsible for developing and litigating voting rights cases in state and federal courts. The role involves a wide range of duties, including: - Participating in litigation of constitutional and statutory cases on voting rights issues, which includes researching and drafting pleadings, briefs, and legal
Job Title: Senior Policy Counsel/Advisor or Policy Counsel/Advisor – Voting Rights & Democracy Job Responsibilities: The Senior Policy Counsel/Advisor or Policy Counsel/Advisor role involves managing a portfolio focused on voting rights and judicial nominations. The incumbent will engage in public policy advocacy, which includes legislative advocacy, advocacy with administrative agencies, and close collaboration with coalition allies and grassroots partners. Responsibiliti...
Job Title: Senior Counsel/Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Senior Counsel/Counsel role within the Voting Rights Project at the organization involves a range of responsibilities focused on advancing racial justice and civil rights through legal advocacy. The principal areas of support include litigation, election protection, and programmatic activities. Key responsibilities include: - Leading and participating in litigation across federal and state trial and appellate courts
Job Title: Special Counsel, Rapid Response Job Responsibilities: - Work within the organization's legal department to identify, evaluate, and develop potential litigation in cases critical to defending democracy and other rapid-response situations. - Draft and file emergency pleadings as needed in emergency litigation with support from the team. - Collaborate with internal multidisciplinary teams and external partners, including co-counsel, nonprofit allies, and externa
Job Title: Staff Attorney, . Litigation Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for . Litigation will play a pivotal role in the Center's efforts to influence litigation and advocacy for reproductive rights in the United States. This position involves developing original legal research and analysis to defend and expand constitutional protections related to reproductive decision-making and access to care. The Staff Attorney is expected to: - Monitor and track relevant