Building the Bench Counsel

Alliance for Justice; New York (NY); Teletrabalho; USD 93 000 - 104 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Alliance for Justice is seeking a Building the Bench Counsel with 2+ years of legal/advocacy experience. The role focuses on developing a diverse pool of judicial nominees and coordinating research, outreach, and coalition work across state and federal courts.

The BtB initiative emphasizes tracking, training, and multimedia campaigns to strengthen the judicial pipeline, with remote work and collaboration across offices and partners.

Qualificações

• J.D. and 2+ years of experience in legal, policy, or advocacy work.
• Strong proficiency with spreadsheets and data management.
• Experience with data analysis to inform strategy.
• Familiarity with AI tools to improve research and collaboration.
• Experience with judicial nominations or public interest law preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Identify and research potential qualified candidates for BtB pipeline.
• Oversee research of potential nominees, including coordination with law firms, initiative partners, outside counsel, and volunteers.
• Review and edit research, op-eds, fact sheets, and reports for federal/state courts work.
• Maintain and improve data tracking systems and workflows informing strategy and recruitment.
• Draft, review, and edit communications materials for BtB, including fact sheets, blog posts, reports, website content, press materials, and social media.
• Support meetings with key legislative and executive offices in coordination with state and federal courts teams.
• Liaise and build relationships with partner groups, nominations coalition, AFJ members, and other thought-leaders.
• Cultivate relationships with attorneys and community leaders to identify and recruit prospective judicial candidates.
• Coordinate with state and federal courts teams to develop relationships with key judicial gatekeepers.
• Speak at legal and policy conferences and brief academics, member organizations, and other audiences.
• Identify state and federal judges to honor for legacies and do outreach to clerk networks.
• Help plan judicial legacies events in coordination with other internal teams.
• Work with communications team on external presence for BtB initiatives.
• Develop and maintain documentation of processes and priorities.
• Engage law firms, outside counsel, and volunteers to advance BtB initiatives.
• Coordinate coalition efforts to track federal magistrate vacancies.
• Assist BtB Director to engage the Advisory Council and AFJ Action board.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conhecimentos

Legal research

Data analysis

Policy analysis

Project management

Remote collaboration

AI tools

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Multitasking

Formação académica

J.D.

Ferramentas

CRM databases

Spreadsheets

PM software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Alliance for Justice is seeking a Building the Bench Counsel with 2+ years of legal/advocacy experience. The role focuses on developing a diverse pool of judicial nominees and coordinating research, outreach, and coalition work across state and federal courts.

The BtB initiative emphasizes tracking, training, and multimedia campaigns to strengthen the judicial pipeline, with remote work and collaboration across offices and partners.