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💎 Seniority level: Senior, At least one (1) year for Staff Attorney; at least six (6) years for Senior Staff Attorney
📍 Location: Atlanta, GA; Jackson, MS; Miami, FL
💸 Salary: 73832.0 - 148500.0 USD per year
🔍 Industry: Legal Services / Criminal Legal System Reform
🏢 Company: Southern Poverty Law Center👥 251-500💰 $400,000 Grant about 3 years agoNon ProfitAssociation
⏳ Experience: At least one (1) year for Staff Attorney; at least six (6) years for Senior Staff Attorney
🪄 Skills: Communication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
Requirements:
- Staff Attorney I-II: Minimum one (1) year of federal court civil litigation or comparable experience post-law school.
- Senior Staff Attorney I-IV: Minimum six (6) years of federal court civil litigation or comparable experience post-law school.
- Membership in good standing of at least one state bar in the U.S., preferably Georgia, Mississippi, or Florida.
- J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the implementation of SPLC’s criminal legal system reform advocacy strategies, particularly in the Deep South.
- Develop new cases in collaboration with SPLC staff and community partners.
- Train and mentor legal staff as needed for Senior Staff Attorneys.
- Investigate and gather information through client and witness interviews.
- Collaborate with members of other Advocacy and Litigation Impact Teams (ALITs) and SPLC Departments.
- Write legal memos and briefs.
- Represent SPLC in public forums and respond to legal assistance requests.
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