Attorney – Temporary

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🏄 California, Colorado, +13 more states – Remote

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💵 $90k - $107.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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National Center for Youth Law

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1971

⚖️ Legal

💼 Consulting

🤝 Non-profit

Legal • Consulting • Non-profit

National Center for Youth Law is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that centers children—particularly those marginalized by systems—in impact litigation, policy advocacy, research, and collaboration to transform public systems affecting education, foster care, health, immigration, and youth justice. NCYL pursues legal challenges, policy reforms, partnerships, and community engagement to defend rights, improve services, and advance equitable outcomes for youth and families nationwide.

📋 Description

• Support implementation and maintenance of ongoing litigation and related policy and advocacy initiatives • Assist litigation efforts through investigations, complaint filing, trial, and appeal • Conduct factual and legal development, including external outreach, youth and family engagement, record and data review, and pre-litigation research • Assist with pleadings and case claims through document review, depositions, witness preparation, client and class-member communication, expert vetting, and drafting legal documents • Draft declarations, pleadings, motions, briefs, legal memoranda, and discovery requests and responses • Present oral argument as necessary • Assist with settlement negotiation preparation • Perform citation and legal checks and line edits • Implement remedies and settlement agreements and track compliance • Communicate with clients, monitors, co-counsel, and opposing counsel • Collaborate with NCYL staff and external partners through communications, messaging, and conferences • Provide input into litigation strategy aligned with NCYL’s mission and strategic plan • Direct paralegals and supervise fellows and law/policy clerks as needed • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited law school • Between 4-7 years of relevant experience since law school graduation • Member in good standing of the bar of at least one state • Understanding of and experience in children’s rights, civil rights litigation, and children’s interactions with public systems • Understanding of the role of structural racism and bias in public systems • Experience building rapport and respect with diverse youth and their families • Excellent research, writing, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills • Strong, clear, and persuasive oral communication skills • Organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented • Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team • Ability to represent NCYL in a courteous and professional manner • Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, efficiently multi-task, and produce high-quality work in a fast-paced environment • Ability to apply multiple advocacy strategies and learn new skills in service of advocacy goals • Strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with ability to apply a racial and social justice lens to advocacy • Commitment to NCYL’s mission and goals • Oral and written fluency in another language, such as Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, or Somali, preferred • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer • Must submit a cover letter, resume, and litigation-based writing sample

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Generous vacation benefits • Sick benefits • Flexible spending account • Commuter benefits • Employer contribution to a retirement plan • Short-term disability insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Some travel required • Full-time, exempt temporary position • Bargaining unit representation by the National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW)