Senior Staff or Staff Attorney, Democracy: Education & Youth, ALIT
Core
Litigating civil rights cases to defend public education and advance youth justice in the Deep South, challenging laws that perpetuate discrimination and criminalization of students and young people.
Role type
Senior Staff or Staff Attorney (Civil Rights Impact Litigation)
Builds
Legal strategies and cases to protect inclusive, fully funded public schools and prevent the criminalization of youth.
Domain
Civil Rights Law / Education Law / Youth Justice
Required skills
federal court civil litigation, complex legal research, legal writing and editing, community organizing, strategic litigation planning, client and witness interviewing, oral advocacy before courts and tribunals
Preferred skills
experience in the Deep South, movement-supportive lawyering, collaboration with grassroots organizations
Technologies
legal research databases, court filing systems
Responsibilities
Develop new civil rights cases in consultation with staff and community partners; train and mentor legal staff; investigate facts and interview clients and witnesses; research and write legal memos and briefs; represent the organization before courts, legislators, and agencies; collaborate with other legal teams and departments.
Seniority
Senior Staff (6+ years post-law school) or Staff (1+ years post-law school), hands-on IC with mentorship duties for Senior Staff.