6 Nonprofit-Social Services jobs

Application Deadline: May 27, 2021     The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) is seeking an experienced attorney for a staff attorney or senior staff attorney position to build, file, and litigate through trial complex civil actions in state and federal courts to protect and advance civil liberties for all Washingtonians—work that is important now more than ever.             The ACLU-WA has increased its level of operations during the previous federal administration to fight broad attacks on civil liberties while continuing to vigorously move forward the work of our existing projects. While we will continue to hold the new administration accountable, we are also excited to move ahead on our agenda to protect the rights of immigrants; implement policing and criminal justice changes; end the school to prison pipeline; fight technological invasions of privacy; protect free speech and promote race equity; and expand and protect the civil and human...

Earthjustice is looking to hire an Associate Attorney whose docket will include work done in partnership with Puerto Rico community-based organizations, environmental justice groups, and others advancing the rights of disproportionately burdened communities in Puerto Rico. The attorney selected for this position will focus on local enforcement, litigation and other legal advocacy driven by the concerns of communities and partners in Puerto Rico. The Associate will work on cases furthering our clean energy goals in Puerto Rico, as well as work related to clean air, clean water, toxic chemicals, pesticides and waste facilities, and zoning, among other issues of importance in Puerto Rico.  Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization.  We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country.  We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean...

About the Young Center The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights (“the Young Center”) is the leading, national organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights and best interests—safety and well-being—of immigrant children in deportation proceedings in the United States. The Young Center’s goal is to change immigration practice, policy and the law so that immigrant children are recognized by immigration judges, asylum officers, custodial and enforcement officials as children and their best interests are considered in every decision. The Young Center works to achieve this goal through both its Child Advocate and Policy programs. Through the Young Center Child Advocate program, attorneys and social workers are appointed as Child Advocate (guardian ad litem) by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Their role is to advocate for the children's best interests while they are subject to deportation. This includes...

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve the systems of democracy and justice in the United States. We work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all. The Brennan Center’s work ranges from voting rights to census protection, from ending mass incarceration to preserving constitutional protections in the fight against terrorism. Part think tank, part law firm, part advocacy group, and part communications hub, we start with rigorous research. We craft innovative policies. And we fight for them—in the courts, in Congress and the states, and the court of public opinion. Position The Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program seeks a talented attorney to join our team working to build a robust, participatory, and inclusive democracy. The attorney’s focus will be to combat voter suppression and advance pro-voter reforms...

Earthjustice is now accepting applications for an associate attorney to join our San Francisco-based   International Program . The Associate Attorney will support and collaborate with our team of lawyers and scientists working to speed the transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy solutions in key countries around the world.  Founded in 1971, Earthjustice wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change around the world. Drawing on deep experience in foreign, US and international environmental, energy and human rights law, and foreign and international litigation, we work with partners in South Africa, Indonesia, Australia, Latin America and elsewhere on domestic and international legal advocacy to reduce dependence on dirty fossil fuels and speed the transition to clean energy. The term for the associate position is three-years with...

The Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) is a vibrant and growing social justice organization whose mission is to promote fundamental fairness for immigrants who have had contact with the criminal legal system. IDP fights to end mass criminalization, detention, and deportation through a multipronged strategy including advocacy, litigation, legal advice and training, community defense, grassroots alliances, and strategic communications. In order to advance this work, IDP is seeking a new Executive Director to set the vision, direction, strategy, and governance structures for the organization, and to advance IDP’s mission through effective fundraising, organizational development strategies, and by cultivating a strong, resonant external presence.   For the past 20 years, IDP has created cutting-edge legal and advocacy strategies to support immigrants in contact with the criminal legal system, on an individual, local, and national level. IDP seeks not only to change law and...