Senior Counsel – Immigrant Rights Litigation

ACLU; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Professional development funds

Job summary

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants’ Rights Project seeks applicants for a Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA. This hybrid role requires in-office presence two days per week or eight days per month.

You will conduct impact litigation and advocacy, supervise paralegals, handle a substantial federal caseload, perform legal research and writing, and engage in policy advocacy on immigrants’ rights, reporting to the Deputy or

Qualifications

• J.D. degree and active Bar membership in NY or CA (depending on office).
• Minimum of two years complex civil litigation experience in federal courts.
• Ability to work independently and in teams under strict deadlines.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Litigating in federal courts throughout the country and potentially in state courts.
• Handling a substantial caseload in federal court, working closely with other staff attorneys, local counsel, immigrant rights organizations, and clients.
• Conducting legal research and writing legal memoranda.
• Organizing and participating in multi-organization rapid responses to immigration enforcement events.
• Fact-gathering through interviews and investigations.
• Analyzing legislation for potential litigation.
• Drafting pleadings and briefs, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments.
• Providing technical assistance and expert legal advice to local ACLU affiliates, cooperating attorneys and others who seek assistance from the Project.
• Conducting policy advocacy on immigrants’ rights.
• Developing new cases and non-litigation advocacy projects.
• Engaging in public speaking and articulating ACLU views to a variety of audiences on a broad range of immigrants’ rights issues.
• Supervising paralegals and legal interns

Skills

Bar admission NY/CA

Litigation in federal courts

Legal research

Legal writing

Team collaboration

Travel flexibility

Education

J.D. degree

Active bar membership NY or CA

Job description

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants’ Rights Project seeks applicants for a Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA. This hybrid role requires in-office presence two days per week or eight days per month.

You will conduct impact litigation and advocacy, supervise paralegals, handle a substantial federal caseload, perform legal research and writing, and engage in policy advocacy on immigrants’ rights, reporting to the Deputy or