Education Civil Rights Attorney - Los Angeles, United States - The San Mateo County Bar Association
Description
Education Civil Rights Attorney - San FranciscoPublic Advocates Inc. , a bold and highly-regarded civil rights law firm and advocacy organization, has an opening on its
Education Equity Team
for a
Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney , depending on experience. Our mission is to eradicate poverty and discrimination and promote thriving communities.
For forty-eight years Public Advocates has used a diverse set of legal and policy tools to achieve tangible legal victories and help low-income communities of color build their power to participate effectively in public decision-making.
Our Education Equity Team is recognized statewide for effective state and local advocacy and our ability to support our grassroots partners' power-building efforts.
Our work to ensure full and equitable funding for all students – and especially socioeconomically disadvantaged students of color – and to advance teacher quality reforms allows us to work to ensure every child has excellent educational opportunities to achieve their full potential.
Visit ourwebsite
to learn more about our areas of our work across school funding, diverse and prepared teachers, data and accountability, and seeding democracy through the development of meaningful student and parent voice in school communities.
Community Partnership & Coalition Building:
Build and maintain positive relationships with diverse grassroots community partners, students and families of color and other allies; leverage legal and policy expertise to enhance capacity of community partners and build power of students and parents to impact the education system through trainings and other resources
Legal & Administrative Advocacy:
Work on precedent-setting cases at the trial level, on appeal and before state and federal agencies, in collaboration with Ed Team attorneys and pro bono co-counsel; initiate and manage litigation and other advocacy depending on experience
Policy Advocacy:
Develop, analyze and promote policy change at the state, federal and local levels, and sustain Public Advocates' role in amplifying the voices of students and families of color in local, statewide and national coalitions
Strategy & Project Management:
Help shape the strategic direction of our education program work, incorporating policy advocacy, community collaboration, media and communication, and litigation to achieve our objectives; take initiative to plan and implement work in collaboration with community partners
Communication:
Develop and execute outreach and media strategies, including messaging, community education, writing, social media and representing Public Advocates and coalitions to the press and public
Resource Development:
Help identify and develop funding opportunities and contribute to foundation relations
Qualifications
Experience, ability and motivation to do the highest caliber legal work; successful candidate will have at least three to eight years of active litigation and/or administrative advocacy, legal research and drafting experience
Excellent communication skills, including writing and including the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively about legal and policy issues to legal and lay audiences
Motivation and experience working with communities of color and/or low-income communities and commitment to community empowerment, self-determination and leadership development
Independence, initiative, creativity, diplomacy and capacity to work collaboratively both internally and with allies
Passion for public education with a growth mindset around becoming an expert in multiple aspects of the education landscape
CA Bar admission
Preference for one or more of the following:
Fluency in Spanish strongly desired
Experience and interest in supervising others (law clerks and fellows, junior attorneys)
Policy experience, generally, and education policy experience, in particular
Experience teaching in public schools
Communications and storytelling experience
Experience in securing program grants and other fund development, organizational planning and/or writing for publication
Qualities expected of all Public Advocates staff include integrity, high professional standards and commitment to progressive social change and working successfully with diverse colleagues, clients and community partners.
Compensation & Work Setting
Competitive salary range from $72,000 (for an attorney with three years of experience) to $90,000+; actual salary is commensurate with relevant experience.
Benefits include full health and dental insurance for employee and eligible family members; life and disability insurance; generous vacation; 403(b) retirement plan; and paid sabbaticals.
Office located on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building in San Francisco, convenient to public transportation (we offer access to tax-advantaged commuter benefits).
Some travel likely, mostly within California, including to our Sacramento office.Application Instructions
Applications welcome immediately; position open until filled. To be considered, applications
must
include: 1) a cover letter that a) explains your specific interest in this role and in
our advocacy model
, b) addresses how your identity and background have prepared you to be an effective advocate for social justice and c) describes a project or challenge you have managed that will help us understand your qualifications; 2) a resume; 3) writing sample(s) that illustrate your reasoning and communication skills; and 4) names of three references, at least two of whom have directly supervised your work. Submit your application (and/or questions) by email to
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Morgan Lewis Palo Alto Page Mill Road
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
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