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Job opportunity with ACLU Women's Rights Project
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ImmigrantR-@afsc.org
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Feb 07, 2008 10:17 PST
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Women's Rights Project
OVERVIEW:
The Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) seeks applicants for a Staff Attorney in New York.
America's foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan organization founded in 1920. With national offices in New York and Washington and affiliates in every state in the country, it is one of the nation's premier public interest law firms.
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, and has overall responsibility for implementing ACLU policy in the area of gender discrimination. Specifically, 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 four core priority areas of focus: employment; education; violence against women; 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.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
§ Manage significant litigation in federal and state court including district and appellate court litigation, discovery and motion practice, briefs and arguments, and occasional trials.
§ Provide assistance and advice to ACLU affiliates.
§ Respond to requests for assistance from members of the public.
§ Conduct policy analysis.
§ Draft materials for public education.
§ Develop strategies for international human rights advocacy.
§ Engage in public speaking and respond to press inquiries.
§ Work with other advocates and organizations.
§ Supervise fellows and law student interns.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
§ J.D. required and minimum three years of litigation experience strongly preferred. Applicants with significantly more experience are also encouraged and invited to apply.
§ Commitment to advancing women's rights required; knowledge of legal issues involving women's rights, discrimination, and/or international human rights strongly preferred. Applicants with experience in employment discrimination, labor law, trafficking, and/or issues affecting low-wage immigrant workers are strongly encouraged to apply.
§ Excellent legal research and writing skills.
§ Ability to undertake complex legal analytical work.
§ Must work independently and possess the ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously.
§ Must be creative in crafting strategies to advance women's rights in WRP's priority areas.
§ Must possess the ability to supervise junior colleagues.
§ Willingness to travel.
COMPENSATION:
The ACLU offers a generous and comprehensive compensation and benefits package, commensurate with experience and within parameters of the ACLU compensation scale.
HOW TO APPLY:
Individuals interested in applying should send a letter of interest, current resume, law school transcript, legal writing sample, and names and telephone numbers of three legal references by email to hrj-@aclu.org <mailto:hrj-@aclu.org> - reference [WRP-06/WACLU] in subject line - or by mail to:
Human Resources
RE: [WRP-06/WACLU]
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, which will not be before March 7, 2008. Please indicate where you learned of this job posting.
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
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."
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