Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Disability Rights Program

Job Description

The ACLU is seeking a Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel to join their Disability Rights Program. This role focuses on advancing veterans’ rights through disability rights. The position is term-limited for two years and requires in-office presence two days a week in either San Francisco, CA, or Washington, DC.What this role involves:

• Creating and implementing strategies using litigation, public education, and legislative and policy advocacy.
• Leading litigation, including writing pleadings and briefs, conducting discovery, and arguing appeals.
• Working with ACLU staff on bills in state legislatures and in Congress.
• Drafting policy analysis to effect change in state and federal administrative agencies.
• Engaging in community outreach and public speaking.
• Developing co-counsel relationships with other public interest lawyers and pro bono attorneys.
• Providing support to ACLU affiliates and cooperating attorneys.

Requirements:

• J.D. degree and bar admission in one state (eventually in California or D.C.).
• Experience as a litigator.
• Commitment to public interest law, constitutional law, and/or civil rights.
• Ability to engage in complex legal analysis and fact investigation.
• Superior analytic and research skills.
• Excellent writing and speaking skills.
• Self-motivation and ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

The ACLU offers:

• Generous paid time-off policy.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• 401k plan with employer match.
• Professional development funds and programs.