STAFF ATTORNEY – [WRP-07]
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Women’s Rights Project
The Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation seeks applicants for a Staff Attorney in New York.
The ACLU: America's foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union is a nonpartisan organization founded in 1920. With national headquarters in New York and Washington and 53 affiliates throughout the country, it is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier public interest law firms.
The Women’s Rights Project: Founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Women's Rights Project (WRP) has been a leader in the legal battles to ensure women’s full equality in American society. WRP is dedicated to the advancement of the rights and interests of women, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting low-income women, women of color, and immigrant women. WRP has overall responsibility for implementing ACLU policy in the area of gender discrimination. WRP conducts direct litigation, files amicus curiae briefs, provides support for ACLU affiliate litigation, serves as a resource for ACLU legislative work on women’s rights, and seeks to advance ACLU policy goals through public education, outreach, and participation in coalitions. WRP has been an active participant in virtually all of the major gender discrimination litigation in the Supreme Court, in Congressional efforts to promote gender equality, and in other significant public education on behalf of women and girls.
The Women’s Rights Project, based in New York, has three core priority areas of focus: violence against women, with a focus on housing and employment discrimination against survivors of domestic violence and police responsiveness to abuse; economic justice, with a particular emphasis on employment issues that affect low-wage immigrant women workers; and criminal and juvenile justice issues affecting women and girls. Cutting across these priority areas, WRP seeks to incorporate an international human rights framework into its litigation and advocacy efforts.
The Job: The Staff Attorney will be responsible for significant litigation in federal and state court. The work will include district and appellate court litigation, discovery and motion practice, briefs and arguments, and occasional trials. The Staff Attorney will also provide assistance and advice to ACLU affiliates and private attorneys, and will respond to requests for assistance from members of the public. In addition, the Staff Attorney will conduct policy analysis, draft materials for public education, develop strategies for international human rights advocacy, engage in public speaking, respond to press inquiries, and work with other advocates and organizations. The Staff Attorney will also supervise law students, interns, and possibly fellows. Travel may be required.
Qualifications:
Must have JD and preferably at least three years litigation experience.
Excellent legal research and writing skills.
Skilled at complex legal analytical work.
Self motivated and able to manage a variety of tasks.
Committed to advancing women’s rights. Knowledge of legal issues involving women’s rights, discrimination, violence against women, and/or international human rights is preferred but not required.
Salary and Benefits: Salary is based on year of graduation from law school according to the ACLU salary scale. Excellent benefits package provided.
Application Procedure: Applicants should send a letter of interest, a resume, a law school transcript, the names and telephone numbers of two legal references, and a legal writing sample to:
STAFF ATTORNEY SEARCH - [WRP-07]
Women’s Rights Project
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
or
hrjobs@aclu.org Attention: WRP-07
Please indicate in your cover letter where you found this job posting.
Applications will be accepted until position is filled, which will not be before April 29, 2006.
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals to apply.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”