Staff Attorney 2

Disability Rights California

Staff Attorney 2 at Disability Rights California working on advocacy initiatives for individuals with disabilities. Handling client cases from intake to conclusion in various legal matters.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $80,356 - $117,671 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and/or participate in litigation—including class action lawsuits, complex litigation, and/or appeals—that is responsive to the needs of individuals with disabilities.
Represent individual clients in negotiations, mediations, administrative proceedings, and/or judicial proceedings.
Identify and participate in key internal and external stakeholder workgroups and/or committees that align with EAH’s goals and priorities. This will include engaging with other legal services agencies and/or community-based organizations to identify and address emerging or recurring systemic issues impacting DRC’s clients.
Expand the delivery of DRC’s services to underserved populations through strategic community outreach activities, including workshops and know-your-rights trainings.
Prepare and/or coordinate training materials, publications, reports, or special projects, or make presentations about legal work as necessary.
Mentor attorneys, advocates, fellows, clerks, and/or interns/externs, as assigned.
Participate in other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Juris Doctor degree (JD) and admitted to the California State Bar, plus five (5) full years of legal experience.
Demonstrated commitment – through lived experience and/or employment history – to working with people with disabilities and low-income clients and incorporating race equity and community lawyering principles into their work.
Experience in one or more substantive areas of law of affecting the rights of and services for people with disabilities (such as Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Disabled Persons Act, CA Gov. Code Section 11135, etc.).
Experience in one or more of the following: litigation, administrative practice, working on complex legal matters, or community organizing.
Demonstrated ability to successfully lead multiple advocacy projects such as intake/outreach projects, administrative proceedings, writs, eviction defense, or single client defendant lawsuits.
Experience working with persons with disabilities and/or experience working with persons from multi-ethnic communities.
Experience in the disability rights or justice movement and/or extensive contacts in the disability community.
A strong sense of professional responsibility and ethics.
An ability to meet deadlines and perform multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
The ability to work independently with appropriate supervision.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salaries
Generous benefit package

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

litigationadministrative practicecomplex legal mattersadvocacy projectsintake projectsoutreach projectswritseviction defensesingle client defendant lawsuitsdisability rights

Soft Skills

commitment to working with people with disabilitiescommitment to low-income clientsrace equitycommunity lawyeringleadershipattention to detailability to meet deadlinesability to work independentlymentoringcommunication

Certifications

Juris Doctor degree (JD)California State Bar admission