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Lawyering Project

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

🤝 Non-profit

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2023-07

Non-profit • Healthcare Insurance • Social Impact

Lawyering Project is a mission-driven nonprofit organization focused on upholding the dignity of individuals seeking and providing reproductive healthcare in the United States. It works to eliminate laws that undermine reproductive health, rights, and justice, paying particular attention to those limiting the availability or affordability of abortion care. The organization aims to address disparities in reproductive health outcomes and combat gender-based stereotypes and discrimination based on reproductive decisions. Lawyering Project collaborates with a diverse range of clients, including healthcare providers, abortion funds, governmental entities, religious congregations, and scientific researchers, to enhance access to reproductive healthcare. It operates as a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

📋 Description

• Advise clients on matters concerning reproductive health law and related issues; • Conduct legal research, analysis, and writing; • Prepare legal research memos, client advice memos, and other legal documents; • Maintain effective working relationships with clients and co-counsel; • Stay up to date on developments in relevant areas of the law. • Conduct intake interviews with prospective clients; • Supervise Legal Counsel, Legal Fellows, and interns, as needed; • Mentor and support less experienced attorneys, support personnel, and law students; • Represent the Lawyering Project at conferences, convenings, and speaking engagements; • Participate in working groups with allied organizations; • Cultivate an organizational culture that aligns with the Lawyering Project’s values.

🎯 Requirements

• A J.D. or equivalent degree • An active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction • A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience practicing law • Significant experience managing client relationships; providing compliance advice on complex and varied legal issues; assessing client needs to make referrals, where appropriate • Ability to analyze and synthesize complex legal authorities to deliver comprehensive compliance advice • A commitment to advancing reproductive health, rights, and justice. • At least two years of experience supervising attorneys or law students

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer sponsored health insurance plans (medical, dental and vision) • Disability and AD&D Life Insurance • Health Spending Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health, dependent care and transportation • 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 4% employer match • Paid vacation, holiday and sick days • Paid parental, family and medical leave • $2500 annual professional development stipend and reimbursement for state bar membership fees