Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Immigrants' Rights Project
Core
Impact litigation and advocacy to advance and enforce immigrants' rights in federal and state courts.
Role type
Senior Staff Attorney (Litigation)
Builds
Legal memoranda, pleadings, briefs, and oral arguments for immigration cases.
Domain
Law / Civil Rights / Immigration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
complex civil litigation, legal research, legal writing, fact-gathering, policy advocacy, public speaking, case development, supervision of paralegals and interns
Preferred skills
fluency in a language commonly spoken by immigrants, experience in immigrant community settings, media relations
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Litigating in federal courts throughout the country; handling a substantial caseload in federal court; conducting legal research and writing legal memoranda; organizing and participating in multi-organization rapid responses to immigration enforcement events; fact-gathering through interviews and investigations; analyzing legislation for potential litigation; drafting pleadings and briefs, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments; providing technical assistance and expert legal advice to local ACLU affiliates; conducting policy advocacy on immigrants' rights; developing new cases and non-litigation advocacy projects; engaging in public speaking and articulating ACLU views; supervising paralegals and legal interns
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
