Senior Staff Attorney

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Muslim Advocates

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Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Muslim Advocates is a national civil rights organization that seeks to protect the rights of American Muslims. The organization engages in public education, legal advocacy, and litigation to challenge discrimination, bigotry, and violations of religious freedom. Muslim Advocates works on issues such as hate crimes, law enforcement bias, and corporate accountability, while also providing educational resources like 'Know Your Rights' materials to empower the Muslim community. It also participates in organizing and supporting actions against policies like the Muslim Ban and various forms of surveillance expansion.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2001

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Identifying and weighing potential legal claims/arguments/strategies. • Client contact, advisals, and communications. • Drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs. • Strategizing for and conducting written and oral discovery. • Strategizing for, exploring, and guiding settlement negotiations. • Provide technical expertise/assistance to partners. • Develop relationships with grassroots and organizational partners and related, shared advocacy. • Develop and present Know Your Rights (KYR) guidance. • Develop trainings for advocates. • Participate in ongoing advocacy coalitions. • Federal and/or state/local policy advocacy, as required. • Screen and follow up on intakes. • In-depth, complex legal research and writing for both litigation and non-litigation advocacy. • Oral advocacy and communications/media/public advocacy relating to both litigation and non-litigation work. • Oversee interns and fellows.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 7 years of practice experience as an attorney. • Subject-matter expertise and legal-advocacy experience in one or more of the following areas: immigration detention-and-deportation system, students’ rights under the First Amendment and under Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, criminal legal system, prisoners’ rights and carceral abolition, legal frameworks concerning putative national security, low-wage workers’ rights. • Demonstrated experience in or commitment to movement and client-centered lawyering. • Sound professional judgment. • Rigorous critical-thinking skills. • Strong oral and written communication skills. • Exceptional time-management and organizational skills. • Demonstrated ability to work and collaborate effectively in a remote environment as part of a team, with clients, and with myriad partners and allies. • Demonstrated self-starter who readily takes accountability for all areas of their work. • Ability to receive and implement feedback effectively. • Flexibility and adaptation in response to shifting priorities.

🏖️ Benefits

• Muslim Advocates offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.