TO APPLY: email Cover Letter, Resume, and 3 writing Samples over your name to
[email protected] and [email protected]
Subject line: Staff Attorney Applicant and your name
STAFF ATTORNEY:
The Center seeks a full-time Staff Attorney to work on complex litigation, policy analysis and advocacy, and to assist in providing technical support, advocacy support, and training to lawyers and paralegals employed by California legal services programs.
ABOUT CHRCL: The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law is a Los Angeles non- profit organization that focuses its work on the civil and human rights of insular minorities including immigrants, refugees, children, and indigenous peoples. Please visit our website for more information: www.centerforhumanrights.org. The Center’s cases have resulted in the release of over a million detained minors, several million undocumented children having access to a public education, tens of thousands of abused, abandoned,and neglected minors being able to apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile status up to the age of 21, and the reversal of tens of thousands of decisions denying relief to Salvador and Haitian asylum seekers. The program operates in Los Angeles with a fairly small staff of five to six attorneys, four legal assistants, and an Executive Administrator.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must be a member of the California Bar with at least 2-3 years experience engaged in public interest work
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and the practice of law in the public interest.
• Available to work full-time at the program’s office in Los Angeles.
SALARY AND BENEFITS:
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Salary $85,000-$95,000 depending on experience,
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medical and dental insurance,
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vacation pay and use of a retreat center in Kauai for vacations, and
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participation in a Deferred Compensation program based on a portion of attorneys’ fees won.