Muslim Advocates

Senior Staff Attorney

Muslim Advocates

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $130,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Litigation work, including but not limited to: identifying and weighing potential legal claims/arguments/strategies, client contact, advisals, and communications, drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs, strategizing for and conducting written and oral discovery, strategizing for, exploring, and guiding settlement negotiations
  • Provide technical expertise/assistance to partners
  • Develop relationships with grassroots and organizational partners and related, shared advocacy
  • Develop and present Know Your Rights (KYR) guidance
  • Develop trainings for advocates
  • Participate in ongoing advocacy coalitions
  • Federal and/or state/local policy advocacy, as required
  • Screen and follow up on intakes
  • In-depth, complex legal research and writing for both litigation and non-litigation advocacy
  • Oral advocacy and communications/media/public advocacy relating to both litigation and non-litigation work
  • Oversee interns and fellows

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of practice experience as an attorney
  • Subject-matter expertise and legal-advocacy experience in one or more of the following areas: immigration detention-and-deportation system, students’ rights under the First Amendment and under Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, criminal legal system, prisoners’ rights and carceral abolition, legal frameworks concerning putative national security, low-wage workers’ rights
  • Demonstrated experience in or commitment to movement and client-centered lawyering
  • Sound professional judgment
  • Rigorous critical-thinking skills
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Exceptional time-management and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work and collaborate effectively in a remote environment as part of a team, with clients, and with myriad partners and allies
  • Demonstrated self-starter who readily takes accountability for all areas of their work
  • Ability to receive and implement feedback effectively
  • Flexibility and adaptation in response to shifting priorities
  • J.D. from an accredited university
  • Admitted in good standing to the bar of any state and/or the District of Columbia
  • Fluent in oral and written English
  • Willing and able to travel as the demands of the position require.
Benefits
  • generous and comprehensive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
litigationlegal researchdrafting pleadingsoral advocacywritten advocacysettlement negotiationsadvocacy trainingclient advisalsdiscovery strategiespolicy advocacy
Soft Skills
critical-thinkingtime-managementorganizational skillscommunication skillscollaborationself-starterflexibilityadaptabilityprofessional judgmentaccountability
Certifications
J.D.admitted to the bar