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Civil Rights & Racial Justice Attorney

Description: 

Legal Aid Justice Center is seeking an attorney to join our CRRJ team in Richmond. The attorney will initially spend significant time on our continued challenge to the state’s imposition of burdensome criminal-legal debt. Since 2014, our Drive Down the Debt campaign has focused on driver’s license suspension for unpaid court debt as one particularly harmful “fines & fees” practice. The attorney will help us secure a permanent end to Virginia’s license suspension scheme, which harms nearly 1 million Virginians; in doing so, they will be instrumental to our efforts to push back against the state’s use of criminal-legal debt - inequitably imposed on and collected from poor people and people of color - to fund government services. We have used multiple tools to challenge Virginia’s license suspension law, including policy advocacy, federal civil rights litigation, individual representation, and strategic communications, and the attorney will be expected to engage with all the tools. The attorney will also support CRRJ’s other campaigns. Our local police accountability work employs a community lawyering and organizing model to help build power to effect policing change in Richmond and Charlottesville and our statewide pretrial justice and expungement initiatives will offer the attorney the opportunity to engage in a mix of individual representation, administrative and legislative advocacy, and coalition building. 

Requirements: 
Required Qualifications   • Minimum 3 years’ membership in any state bar; must sit for Virginia bar examination within 1 year of hire if not eligible for admission without examination • Mission-aligned experience (work or lived) partnering with and advocating in low-wealth communities and communities of color • Ability to work and communicate effectively across lines of identity • Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively • Strong oral advocacy, research and writing skills • Willingness to work a flexible schedule that may include evening and weekend events, as well as occasional travel   Preferred Qualifications   • Admitted to or eligible to waive into Virginia bar via state’s admission without examination rules • Mission-aligned experience (work or lived) advocating for criminal legal reform • Federal civil rights litigation experience (trial work as well as settlement implementation) • Policy advocacy at the agency and legislative level • Comfort with technology and data review
To Apply: 
Location Richmond, Virginia but some statewide travel may be necessary.   Salary Salary range is $54,000 to $82,000 based on years of relevant experience and LAJC’s formal salary scale.   Benefits • Generous leave • Excellent family health, dental and vision insurance • 403(b) retirement plan & loan repayment assistance • Personal professional development budget & paid bar dues   Application Instructions   Email a cover letter, resume, three references, and a writing sample to Kim Rolla, Legal Director, at hiring@justice4all.org. The cover letter should highlight any experience (lived or worked) advocating for justice for people who experience marginalization because of their race or economic status and/or specialized skills, such as data analysis, technology skills, or language fluency.   Applications will start being reviewed on a rolling basis starting August 17th. Questions? Contact Kim Rolla, Legal Director, at kim@justice4all.org or 804-340-7740.

Information

Submission Deadline: 
August 31, 2020
Organization Information: 
Legal Aid Justice Center
626 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23803
United States
Phone: 804-340-7740
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Organization URL: 
http://www.justice4all.org