Senior Counsel: Professional Responsibility & Ethics

American Bar Association; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Bar Association seeks a seasoned legal counsel specializing in professional responsibility law to develop high-level resources for our scholarly treatises and regulatory guidance.

You will conduct in-depth research, write extensively, and analyze court decisions, ethics opinions, and current developments to keep our materials authoritative and timely; travel <15% of the time and collaborate with leaders in the profession.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school and an active law license.
• Minimum eight years of significant professional legal experience with knowledge of professional responsibility law.
• Illinois license active or eligible for admission in Illinois via Rule 705 Admission on Motion.
• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills; ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Produce a large volume of high-level professionally written material for treatises on professional responsibility law.
• Engage in in-depth legal research, writing and analysis on professional responsibility and professional regulation, malpractice, and related issues.
• Review court opinions, ethics opinions, law review articles, and news sources to identify changes and emerging trends.
• Maintain and update the Center’s research files and manage the system for researching ethics opinions with summaries for publication.
• Provide critical analysis of the work of colleagues and outside lawyers; collaborate with professionals in the field.
• Travel as needed, typically less than 15% of the time.

Skills

Legal research

Legal writing

Analytical skills

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Microsoft Word

Adobe Acrobat

Education

Juris Doctorate (JD)

Active law license

Illinois admission (Rule 705)

ABA-accredited law school

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

The American Bar Association seeks a seasoned legal counsel specializing in professional responsibility law to develop high-level resources for our scholarly treatises and regulatory guidance.

You will conduct in-depth research, write extensively, and analyze court decisions, ethics opinions, and current developments to keep our materials authoritative and timely; travel <15% of the time and collaborate with leaders in the profession.