NCYL seeks a Managing Director, Legal Advocacy, to contribute to NCYL’s litigation across multiple issue areas and help manage litigation on a number of children’s rights and civil rights issues in many jurisdictions, including state and federal court. This a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about transforming the systems that impact the well-being of children, youth, and communities.
National Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) works to amplify youth power, dismantle racism and other structural inequities, and build just policies, practices, and culture in support of young people. Our efforts advance justice through research, community collaboration, impact litigation, and policy advocacy that fundamentally transforms our nation's approach to education, health, immigration, foster care, and youth justice. Our vision is a world in which every young person thrives and has a full and fair opportunity to achieve the future they envision for themselves.
Legal Advocacy Team
NCYL’s Legal Advocacy team engages in impact litigation across all the issues on which NCYL works. The team brings systemic cases to improve systems that serve children and youth, often in collaboration with other public interest law firms and with support from pro bono partners. A description of our current cases can be found here: https://youthlaw.org/strategies/litigation-strategies/?_sft_situation=ac...
Position
NCYL seeks a Managing Director, Legal Advocacy, to contribute to NCYL’s litigation across multiple issue areas and help manage litigation on a number of children’s rights and civil rights issues in many jurisdictions, including state and federal court. This a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about transforming the systems that impact the well-being of children, youth, and communities.
This position is supervised by NCYL’s Senior Managing Director, Legal Advocacy.
Essential Functions
- Advance NCYL’s impact litigation strategy across multiple issue areas and help develop new cases in partnership with the Senior Managing Director, Legal Advocacy and other team directors and staff; and assist NCYL’s Senior Directors and other team leads in ensuring cases are appropriately staffed.
- Help direct, plan, and perform litigation on issues impacting children and youth.
- Help develop long-term goals and strategic objectives for the Legal Advocacy Team.
- Work closely with NCYL’s Senior Managing Director, Legal Advocacy, to help develop, manage, and implement processes to manage NCYL’s docket efficiently.
- Prepare and review co-counseling agreements, retainer agreements, and other legal documents.
- Assist with efforts to collect attorney's fees.
- Help develop and implement NCYL’s litigation policies and practices, including those for timekeeping, conflict checks and case approval, and suggest improvements as necessary.
- Contribute to a positive and collaborative team and work environment.
- Coordinate with NCYL’s development and communications teams as needed.
Required Qualifications
- J.D. degree
- Admitted, or eligible to be admitted, to practice law in the US.
- A minimum of 10 years of litigation experience.
- A minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience.
Other Qualifications
- Demonstrated understanding of and experience in children’s rights and civil rights litigation on issues involving public systems and children and youth.
- Experience leading systemic reform litigation, including identifying systemic issues in need of reform, developing litigation strategy and remedies, contributing to systems change and monitoring implementation of remedies.
- Commitment to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Ability to use a racial justice lens.
Physical Requirements
Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Salary, Benefits and Location
This is a full-time, exempt position with a salary of $156,944.00. A geographic salary differential may be applied if a candidate resides somewhere other than the Los Angeles, CA, Oakland, CA, or Washington, DC areas.
NCYL provides a robust benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurances, generous vacation and sick benefits, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, employer contribution to a retirement plan and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Candidates must reside in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington DC, or Wisconsin.
This position requires the ability to work remotely and may require travel.
This position is eligible for 100% remote work for 2022. It is possible that in 2023, NCYL will require people to work in an office, in which case they will need to be in a location where they can commute to the office regularly. We are actively engaging in this conversation as an organization. We understand that the nature of the workplace has changed in general. We don't yet know what remote work will look like in 2023.
How to Apply
Submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to apply. Your writing sample submission should be relevant to legal strategy and litigation and one that was not edited by anyone else. The writing sample should be 5 -10 pages. No phone calls or emails please.
Apply at this link: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/951007/National...
Applicants with direct personal experience within the public systems that are the focus of NCYL’s work – immigration, juvenile justice, child welfare, health, or the foster system – and applicants of Color are strongly encouraged to apply.
NCYL is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, age, ethnic background, sex, disability, size, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, or genetic information.