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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

• Provide tax-exempt organizations and abortion care providers with legal advice on corporate and operational matters, including, but not limited to, corporate formation, corporate governance, nonprofit compliance, federal and multi-state employment law, contracts, grants, data privacy and security, and lobbying; • Conduct legal research, analysis, and writing; • Stay up to date on developments in relevant areas of the law; • Maintain effective working relationships with clients; and • Perform other duties as assigned. • Conduct intake interviews with prospective clients; • Represent the Lawyering Project at conferences, convenings, and speaking engagements: • For the Senior Counsel role, supervise Legal Counsel, Legal Fellows, and interns, as needed; and • Cultivate an organizational culture that aligns with the Lawyering Project’s core values.

🎯 Requirements

• A J.D. or equivalent degree; • An active license to practice law and member in good standing in a U.S. jurisdiction; • At least five (5) years of experience serving as general counsel or associate/assistant general counsel for a tax-exempt organization, or a comparable role, advising tax-exempt clients on a broad array of legal matters; • Significant experience advising on multistate employment law matters is a plus; • A commitment to advancing reproductive health, rights, and justice; and • The ability to perform all job duties and responsibilities identified above; analyze complex legal issues and write about them succinctly; meet deadlines; work well under pressure; demonstrate attention to detail; communicate effectively to diverse audiences; and exercise sound judgment in a rapidly evolving legal environment. • For the Senior Counsel role, the following qualifications are preferred: • At least two (2) years of experience supervising attorneys.

🏖️ 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