Senior Staff Attorney

🕒 April 17

🏄 California, District of Columbia – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote

💵 $115.2k - $144k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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National Immigration Law Center

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1979

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

National Immigration Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that advances the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their families through litigation, policy advocacy, legal resources, public education, and campaigns. The organization focuses on areas including DACA, border and asylum policy, workers’ rights, health care access, K–12 education, economic justice, enforcement and detention, driver’s licenses, and democracy defense, and it provides know-your-rights materials, rapid legal updates, and strategic lawsuits to protect immigrant communities.

📋 Description

• Conduct impact litigation on a range of issues in collaboration with litigation teams • Identify and develop litigation in federal and state courts with supervision and support • Develop and maintain a significant litigation case load in state and/or federal court • Strategically, creatively, and boldly use plaintiff-driven, community-grounded impact litigation • Advance NILC’s administrative and legislative advocacy by providing legal analysis and technical assistance • Develop community education materials, co-create webinars, and provide Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations • Collaborate with staff across the organization via Programs workgroups • Represent NILC with coalition partners and in media • Teach and mentor Staff Attorneys, interns, legal fellows as needed • Proactively report to relevant staff and leadership • Successfully engage in/support policy advocacy, campaigns, and community outreach • Support and strengthen internal protocols and communication

🎯 Requirements

• JD degree and active member in good standing of a State Bar Association required • 7-10+ years of federal civil litigation experience • Demonstrated experience in the investigation and development of impact litigation • Proficiency with in-office and virtual environments and software such as MS Office, internet research, and virtual collaboration tools • Expertise in immigrants’ rights or other public interest impact litigation strongly preferred • Proficiency in non-English languages spoken by Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, African, Caribbean, and Arab communities preferred. Fluency in more than one language desirable.

🏖️ Benefits

• employer-paid healthcare coverage (100% for employees and 75% for dependents) • employer-supported dental and vision coverage • 403(b)-retirement plan including an automatic contribution from NILC • paid parental leave • monthly cell phone and wellness stipends • pre-tax accounts for transit, health, and childcare benefits (FSA) • employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance • generous paid-time-off policy (15 holidays and 22 days of paid time off annually, increased to 32 after 2 years of employment) • qualifying public service employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program