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Senior Staff Attorney (Remote)

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New York, NY, USA
Full-time

The NhRP seeks a Senior Staff Attorney to manage our national and international legal work to secure rights for nonhuman animals. 

Skills/Experience: 
  • You want to make history.
  • You want nonhuman animals to have legal rights both in the United States and abroad.
  • You have at least 12 years of litigation experience, including substantial first-chair trial experience and appellate work.
  • You have extensive experience in civil rights, human rights, or animal protection.
  • You have excellent writing skills. Published law review articles and/or books are a plus, but not necessary.
  • You have excellent interpersonal skills.
  • You work well remotely on long-term complex legal projects.
  • You have experience managing staff and volunteers, especially on legal projects.
  • You are admitted to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.

This position requires a deep commitment to gaining personhood and legal rights for nonhuman animals and willingness to spend the time learning how to accomplish it.

New York City or Los Angeles residence is preferred but not required.

This is a remote position requiring some travel.

How to Apply: 

To apply, please send a letter of interest telling us why you want to work with the NhRP, along with a CV, both combined into a single PDF, to [email protected]. Please put your name in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Organization Info

The Nonhuman Rights Project

Overview
Headquarters: 
Coral Springs, FL, USA
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
1996
About Us
Mission: 

We work to secure legally recognized fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, advocacy, and education.

Programs: 

The Nonhuman Rights Project is leading the fight to win actual legal rights for nonhuman animals through a state-by-state, country-by-country, long-term litigation campaign. Our groundbreaking habeas corpus lawsuits demand recognition of the legal personhood and fundamental right to bodily liberty of individual great apes, elephants, dolphins, and whales held in captivity across the US. With the support of world-renowned scientists, we argue that common law courts must free these self-aware, autonomous beings to appropriate sanctuaries not out of concern for their welfare, but respect for their rights.

Our litigation team works in tandem with our public policy and campaigns team to help build a national and global movement to win legal personhood and rights for nonhuman animals.

In addition to our work in the US, we’ve begun to help set up and collaborate with legal working groups in England, Spain, France, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, India, and Australia to develop nonhuman rights campaigns suited to the respective legal systems of these countries.

Awards & Accolades: 
Animal Charity Evaluators Standout Charity
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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Mar 21 2018
Active Until: 
Apr 21 2018
Hiring Organization: 
The Nonhuman Rights Project
industry: 
Nonprofit