General Legal Counsel – Active License Required in California

🕒 March 19

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Esalen Institute

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51 - 200 employees

Founded in 1962, Esalen is a nonprofit organization exploring human potential through experience, education and research. Esalen sponsors pioneering initiatives and offers personal, spiritual and social transformation practices for workshop participants and residential staff. Located on California’s scenic Big Sur coast, Esalen welcomes more than 12,000 students, seminarians and visitors each year. It works toward the realization of a more just, creative and sustainable world. For more information, visit www.esalen.org.

📋 Description

• Serve as the legal advisor to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, and Board of Directors on all legal, regulatory, and governance matters. • Provide proactive, solution-oriented legal counsel across all organizational functions. • Draft, review, negotiate, and oversee a broad range of legal agreements. • Ensure organizational compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. • Partner closely with Human Resources to advise on employment-related matters. • Support and strengthen governance practices. • Manage relationships with outside counsel and specialized advisors. • Identify, assess, and manage legal and operational risk across the organization. • Advise on real estate, land use, environmental, and regulatory matters. • Collaborate with leadership to develop, review, and implement organizational policies and procedures. • Contribute to strategic planning and organizational decision-making. • Maintain the highest standards of professional ethics, confidentiality, and discretion. • Approach all legal matters with a pragmatic, business-minded perspective.

🎯 Requirements

• **Juris Doctor (JD)** from an accredited law school and **active license to practice law** in California. • **7–10+ years of progressively responsible legal experience**. • **Significant experience in nonprofit, mission-driven, or values-based organizations**. • **Demonstrated expertise in core in-house domains**, including nonprofit governance and compliance, contract drafting and negotiation, employment and labor law, risk assessment and mitigation, regulatory compliance. • **Proven ability to advise senior leadership and boards**. • **Strong business and operational judgment**. • **Excellent written and verbal communication skills**. • **High ethical standards, discretion, and emotional intelligence**. • **Ability to operate independently** as the organization’s primary legal authority.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical and dental insurance • paid time off • personal and professional development programs