Education Law Associate Attorney

Robbins Schwartz; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Robbins Schwartz seeks an Associate Attorney with 2+ years of applicable experience to join our Student & Special Education practice group. The attorney will advise school districts on student discipline, residency, enrollment, records, accommodations, and due process rights, and will guide administrators and IEP teams through administrative proceedings.

The Associate will draft legal memos, represent clients in hearings, assist with related litigation, negotiate settlements, and perform

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
• Admission to the bar in the state in which you intend to practice.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of difficult and complex legal work with substantial discretion and minimal direction.
• Research and analyze the law on complex issues.
• Synthesize legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator.
• Appear in a court of law, arbitration or other judicial tribunal on behalf of the Firm's client, and present well-reasoned arguments to the judicial body.
• Analyze and summarize complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggest alterations to those documents.
• Perform discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation.
• Attend meetings with clients and/or opposing counsel.
• Negotiate with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client, and develop strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
• Perform due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts and agreements
• Find ethical solutions to legal matters.
• Build relationships with clients based on trust.
• Commitment to abiding by local, state, and federal laws and behaving ethically.

Skills

Legal research

Oral advocacy

Writing & memo drafting

Client relations

Education

Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited school

Job description

Robbins Schwartz seeks an attorney with 2+ years of applicable experience to join as an Associate. At Robbins Schwartz, our attorneys provide practical and efficient representation to school districts, community colleges, municipalities and other public entities. An Associate Attorney in the Student & Special Education practice group will advise school district clients on a wide range of student-related matters. This includes student discipline, residency and enrollment, student records, bullying and harassment, accommodations, and special education matters involving identification, evaluation, placement, services, discipline, and due process rights. The Associate Attorney will also provide practical guidance to administrators and IEP teams, represent clients in administrative proceedings, and assist with litigation involving student and special education matters.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform a variety of difficult and complex legal work and operate with substantial discretion and minimal direction or supervision.
• Research and analyze the law on complex issues.
• Synthesize legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator.
• Appear in a court of law, arbitration or other judicial tribunal on behalf of the Firm's client, and present well-reasoned arguments to the judicial body.
• Analyze and summarize complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggesting alterations to those documents.
• Perform discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation.
• Attend meetings with clients and/or opposing counsel/advocate as necessary.
• Negotiate with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client, and develop strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
• Perform due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts and agreements
• Find ethical solutions to legal matters.
• Build relationships with clients based on trust.
• Commitment to abiding by local, state, and federal laws and behaving ethically.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
• Admission to the bar in the state in which you intend to practice.

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Robbins Schwartz provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.