legal
Posted Apr 28Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel, National Prison Project
at ACLU
San Francisco, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Conduct legal research and write legal memoranda
- Analyze legislation for potential litigation
- Draft pleadings and briefs, engage in discovery and motion practice, and conduct evidentiary hearings and oral arguments
- Conduct policy advocacy on prisoners’ rights and criminal justice issues
- Develop new cases, identify and work with potential plaintiffs and witnesses
Requirements
- J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school
- A demonstrated ability to work independently as well as within a team.
- Ability to foster and contribute to a collaborative team environment is essential
- Demonstrated ability to perform complex legal analytical work
- Demonstrated ability to write and speak clearly and persuasively
- Familiarity with issues related to conditions of confinement preferred
Experience
- At least eight (8) years of litigation experience, inclusive of clerkships, preferred
Benefits
- Our priorities include reducing overcrowding, improving health care, eliminating violence and maltreatment, and increasing oversight and accountability in prisons, jails, and other places of detention.
- Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
- Proficiency in Spanish preferred COMPENSATION
- The range of salaries are the following, based on year of law school graduation (please consult the hiring manager for specific salary details, based on individual circumstances):
- 0-2 years since law school graduation: $96,069 - $120,009
- 3-5 years since law school graduation: $134,414 - $158,579
- 6-10 years since law school graduation: $165,839 - $187,087
- 11-15 years since law school graduation: $190,585 - $201,403
- 16-20 years since law school graduation: $203,304 - $208,540
- 21-25 years since law school graduation: $209,595 - $213,890
- 26-30+ years since law school graduation: $214,920 - $219,104
- The ACLU is committed to equity, transparency, and clarity in pay.
- These salaries are reflective of positions based in New York, NY where are National Offices are headquartered. Salaries are subject to a regional pay adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
- Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid time-off policy
- benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
- We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
- Accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all.
- For us diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities, but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change.
Contact
- For details on our pay structure, please visit: https://www.aclu.org/careers/ACLU_Geographic_Pay_Structure-July_2024.pdf WHY THE ACLU
- If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please email benefits.hrdept@aclu.org .
Additional details
- The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel in the N ational Prison Project of the ACLU’s National office in W ashington, D.C. or San Francisco, CA .
- This is a hybrid role that has in-office
- requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month.
- The National Prison Project works to ensure that conditions in prisons, jails, juvenile detention centers, and immigration detention facilities comply with the Constitution, domestic law, and international human rights principles.
- The Project has successfully litigated on behalf of incarcerated people in more than 25 states, and is the only organization litigating conditions of confinement cases nationwide.
- We also work to reverse the policies that have given the United States the highest incarceration rate in the world and led to extreme over-representation of people of color in the incarcerated population.
- This position is part of a collective bargaining unit. It is represented by ACLU Staff United (ASU).
- Reporting to the Deputy Project Director , the Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel will contribute to all aspects of the Project’s litigation and non-litigation work , with a special focus on the Project’s immigration detention work . YOUR DAY TO DAY
- Litigate in federal and state courts, including appellate courts, throughout the country
- Carry a substantial caseload in federal and state court, working closely with other staff attorneys and local counsel