Associate Managing Attorney, Senior Attorney

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $89.4k - $144.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Disability Rights California

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1978

⚖️ Legal

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

Legal • Non-profit • Charity

Disability Rights California is a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 that aims to defend, advance, and strengthen the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities in California. As the largest disability rights organization in the United States, its primary mission is to ensure that Californians with disabilities can access their rights and services. Through a wealth of resources, advocacy, and legal support, Disability Rights California strives to make a significant impact on public policy and community awareness for disability rights.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Managing Attorney on vision setting, strategic planning, and team management • Foster a cohesive, supportive team environment • Directly and promptly manage disputes or conflicts • Support creation and implementation of Mental Health Practice Group practices and compliance with agency, grant, policy, and procedure requirements • Represent the Mental Health Practice Group to the Board of Directors, funders, government agencies, external coalitions, and partners • Serve as liaison to other practice groups and units within Disability Rights California • Lead or participate in investigations, litigation, movement lawyering projects, and systemic policy advocacy • Strengthen relationships with community-based groups • Supervise and mentor multiple attorneys, law clerks, or staff • Develop, lead, and/or participate in systemic litigation responsive to people with mental health disabilities • Represent individual clients in negotiations, mediations, and judicial or administrative proceedings • Develop relationships with disability-led organizations and disability-community stakeholders • Engage in community-based advocacy and coalition building • Prepare or coordinate training materials, publications, reports, and special projects • Make presentations about legal work • Provide technical assistance and substantive training to Disability Rights California staff • Lead, mentor, develop, and train less experienced attorneys and advocates • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Associate Managing Attorney: Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) or equivalent and membership in the California State Bar • Senior Attorney: Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) or equivalent and membership in the California State Bar • Must be a member of the California State Bar or become a member within one year • Associate Managing Attorney: 9 years of experience as an attorney in public interest law, or internal DRC candidates with two continuous years at DRC and 8 years of experience practicing law • Senior Attorney: 7 years of experience as an attorney in public interest law, or internal DRC candidates with two continuous years at DRC and 6 years of experience practicing law • Demonstrated commitment to working with people with disabilities and low-income clients and incorporating race equity and community/movement lawyering principles • Associate Managing Attorney: 5 years of successfully supervising or leading attorneys or advocates • Associate Managing Attorney: demonstrated results from mentorship, leadership, and supervision of multiple attorneys or advocates • Expertise in one or more substantive legal areas related to the practice group • Associate Managing Attorney: 5 years of exemplary results in advocacy projects • Associate Managing Attorney: ability to supervise multiple attorneys or advocates while handling administrative responsibilities • Associate Managing Attorney: 2 years of administration experience, such as grant management, project management, nonprofit collaboration, fundraising, or human resources • Senior Attorney: 2 years of successfully leading multiple and complex advocacy projects • Senior Attorney: 4 years of successful results in advocacy projects • Senior Attorney: ability to collaborate with lawyers, support staff, clients, and community members and develop and implement impact strategies • Ability to work independently with appropriate supervision • No additional language is required; Spanish, American Sign Language, or another language is a plus • Ability to travel occasionally for meetings, client visits, hearings, facility inspections, education, training, or outreach activities, up to 25% of the time • Must be able to transport oneself to work-related meetings, training, and community events • Ability to frequently lift and/or move weights up to 10 pounds • Effective and regular communication via online platforms and email • Resume and cover letter are required

🏖️ Benefits

• 8% Match – 401K • Health benefits (HMO options) • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Basic life insurance • Short-term and long-term disability insurance • Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and commuter) • Health Reimbursement Accounts for some HMO Plans • Pet Insurance • Employee Assistance Program • Teladoc • Ample vacation, Sick / Self Care time and holidays (including the last week in December) • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)-eligible employer • Reasonable accommodations, including ASL interpretation, alternative interview-material formats, interview questions provided prior to the interview, extended interview time, quiet interview setting, adjusted interview format, and reading or note-taking assistance

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