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Attorney – Legal Advocacy (DC)

Employer
National Center for Youth Law
Location
Washington D.C.
Salary
This is a full-time, exempt, position. Salary is competitive at $77,887.00 annually.
Closing date
May 12, 2021

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Focus Areas
Civil Rights / Advocacy
Job Function
Advocacy / Lobbying
Position Type
Full Time
Degree Level
JD
Willingness to Travel
up to 25%
Experience Level
Management

Job Details

NCYL seeks an Attorney for its Legal Advocacy team to work on impact litigation on behalf of children and youth served in public education and public health systems.  The position is a time limited position that we anticipate lasting for 2-3 years.  This a great opportunity for someone looking to join a highly collaborative team and have systemic impact on young people.

Essential Functions

  • Assisting with the development of cases, including collaborating with state and local advocacy organizations, conducting on-site interviews and fact investigations, and analyzing potential legal claims.
  • Providing legal research, analysis, and writing.
  • Drafting complaints, motions, memoranda, and briefs.
  • Engaging in discovery, including review of incoming and outgoing document productions using litigation support technology such as Relativity.
  • Preparing for hearings, depositions, and trials.
  • Supporting overall case and project management.
  • Collaborating with other NCYL staff and with co-counsel.

Required Qualifications

  • J.D. degree
  • Admitted to practice law in District of Columbia or eligible to be admitted to practice law in D.C.
  • Minimum 2 years of litigation experience at a public interest law firm, private firm, or government agency.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated commitment to advocating for children and youth and to NCYL’s overarching goals and objectives.
    • Substantive knowledge of federal disability law, including special education law.
    • Experience with impact litigation, including class actions and other forms of systemic litigation.
    • Excellent analytic and writing skills.
    • Outstanding oral communication skills.
    • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team.
    • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to manage complex projects including strong organizational skills, attention to detail, meet deadlines and produce a high-quality work product in a fast-paced environment.
    • Creative problem solving and ability to stay focused on the big-picture.
  • Ability to represent NCYL in a courteous and professional manner.

Company

About Us

The National Center for Youth Law believes in the incredible power, agency, and wisdom of youth. 

For more than 50 years, we have worked to center the voices and experiences of youth blocked from educational, health, and social well-being opportunities, particularly Black youth and youth of color, LGBTQ youth, disabled youth, immigrant youth, and youth in child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

We are transforming systems – classrooms, courts, the justice system, and health care spaces – to extend equity, dignity and care for children and youth.

Our Vision and Mission

Our vision is a world in which every child thrives and has a full and fair opportunity to achieve the future they envision for themselves. 

Our purpose is to amplify youth power, dismantle racism and other structural inequities, and build just policies, practices, and culture that center youth.

Our mission is to center youth voices and experiences through impact litigation, policy advocacy, collaboration and research that fundamentally transforms our nation's approach to education, health, immigration, foster care, and youth justice.

Company info
Website
Telephone
510.835.8098
Location
1212 Broadway, Suite 600
Oakland
CA
94612
United States

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