Legal Services Director

Asian Law Caucus; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco seeks a new leadership role to oversee systems, processes, and organization-wide legal staff support across litigation, direct client representation, and advocacy. This leader will ensure infrastructure, coordination, and administrative services needed for high-quality, values-driven work.

You will partner with the Legal Director to align legal services with program priorities, strengthen internal systems, and foster sustainable conditions for attorneys and

Qualifications

• Strong track record in legal services administration or nonprofit legal administration.
• Detail-oriented, steady leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Ability to assess department needs, create systems that meet the moment, and ensure sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee systems, processes, and organization-wide legal staff support across litigation, direct client representation, and advocacy.
• Partner with the Legal Director to align legal services with broader programmatic priorities.
• Strengthen internal systems to support legal strategy, consistency, and rigor across support functions.
• Manage intake and administrative support to the legal team, including data integrity and reporting.
• Oversee management of pro bono and legal volunteer engagement, and improve service delivery efficiency and compliance.

Job description

Type

Management, Regular, Full-Time, Exempt.

Location

San Francisco, CA. This is a hybrid role that is required to work in our San Francisco office two days a week. Occasional statewide travel is required.

Deadline

Applications are due by Wed., Aug 26.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual compensation depends on years of relevant experience and ranges from $139,050 to $176,144. ALC’s comprehensive benefits package includes generous vacation and paid holidays; medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage (ALC pays 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for qualified dependents); a flexible spending account (FSA); and a 401K retirement plan with employer non‑elective contribution and match.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Legal Director, this is a newly created position that will oversee the systems, processes, and the organization‑wide legal staff support that sustain ALC’s legal work across litigation, direct client representation, and other legal advocacy. They will ensure that ALC’s legal team has the infrastructure, coordination, and administrative support needed to carry out high‑quality, effective, and values‑driven work in service of the communities ALC has fought for since 1972. They will build and provide a cohesive structure for a Legal Services team whose main purpose is for managing overall internal processes and tools on case management including data integrity, compliance, and reporting, intake and administrative support to the legal team, management of pro bono and legal volunteer engagement, direct services delivery efficiency and compliance.

A critical part of the role is partnership with the Legal Director to align legal services support with ALC’s broader programmatic and organizational priorities, including serving as a partner on work planning, staffing, and implementation. This leader will strengthen the internal systems that support legal strategy, ensure consistency and rigor across legal support functions, and help create sustainable working conditions for attorneys and all legal staff.

The right person has a strong track record in legal services administration, litigation support, or nonprofit legal administration and is a detail‑oriented, steady leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution. They are able to assess what the department needs, create systems that meet the moment, and work closely with staff to ensure those systems are functional, sustainable, and grounded in care. They are comfortable managing people, processes, and competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment. They understand the tradition of movement lawyering rooted in community power, direct services, and systemic change and bring the judgment, operational strength, and collaborative leadership needed to advance it.

Asian Law Caucus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including HIV, cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital or domestic partner status, reproductive health decision‑making, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions) gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim and survivor status, political affiliation, height, weight, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.