Senior Staff Attorney
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Pregnancy Justice
Hybrid- Career category: Legal
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: $163,125 USD-$169,833 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: United States
Essential Job Functions:
The minimum performance expectations include, but are not limited to, the following functions/tasks:
- Able to independently manage complex criminal cases, including conducting thorough investigations, analyzing evidence, developing legal arguments, and preparing for trial; conduct precise legal research and draft legal memoranda, motion papers, and briefs;
- Assisting in the development of Pregnancy Justice’s legal resources, including model briefs and online resources;
- Contributing to Pregnancy Justice’s reports, publications, proposals, and practice manuals;
- Organizing conferences, meetings, and education events relevant to Pregnancy Justice issues and interests;
- Representing Pregnancy Justice at events, conferences, and speaking engagements; identifying and proposing speaking opportunities at conferences;
- Drafting articles, reports, and other materials published by Pregnancy Justice;
- Identification of and outreach to experts and amici; drafting and organizing amicus briefs, open letters, and statements used in litigation;
- Developing relationships with state-based advocates and organizations who can engage in ongoing advocacy and provide expertise to help win cases;
- Representing and advocating for and with clients, in collaboration with local counsel, in criminal and parent defense cases, affirmative litigation, and other litigation as appropriate, including motion practice, discovery, and trial;
- Developing new cases in a strategic fashion;
- Collaborating in team problem-solving, policy analysis, litigation strategy, litigation management, client representation, and trial work;
- Engaging with a team that supports collaboration, identifies and promotes the organization’s values, and advances its mission;
- Communicating and working effectively with external audiences such as the news media, government officials, and coalition partners (must be able to function as an effective spokesperson for clients and for Pregnancy Justice);
- Supervise staff attorneys, legal Fellows, and legal interns with a focus on constructive feedback, skills building, openness, collaboration, and communication while providing guidance on case strategy and legal analysis; and
- Additional responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Exceptional communication skills in legal contexts, including with clients in legal proceedings, meetings, negotiations, or administrative proceedings; in a wide variety of public education contexts, and in the media as determined by the Legal Director and Media & Communications Director;
- Exceptional legal research and writing skills and an ability to do creative legal research, writing, and advocacy; comfort working within the organization’s collaborative approach to writing;
- An ability to read, understand, and synthesize medical and social science research material;
- Willingness to do the work needed to build effective teams and relationships across diverse issues and communities and willingness to do the work needed to be in relationship with individuals across diverse experience and backgrounds with humility and awareness;
- Ability to manage time efficiently, maintain a flexible schedule, and travel as needed for case work, court appearances, training, conferences, and presentations;
- Advanced-level proficiency in using the Mac OS platform MS Office Suite, with familiarity or trainability in other software applications, social media platforms, databases, and research tools.
- Full fluency in English is required. Fluency in Spanish or another language is a plus.
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