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The Northwest Office of Earthjustice seeks Associate Attorneys to join our team in 2024. We opened our office in Seattle in 1987 to enable Earthjustice to take a more active role in preserving the unique natural resources, wildlife, and communities in the Pacific Northwest. Since that time, the Northwest office has undertaken campaigns to protect old growth forests, promote salmon recovery and habitat protection, protect Puget Sound and the Salish Sea and the communities that depend on them, prevent the Pacific Northwest from becoming a fossil fuel export hub, and promote a just transition to a clean energy future, among other things. We continue to expand our climate and clean energy work and our partnerships with environmental justice communities in the Seattle and Portland areas. We frequently work in close partnership with Native American Tribes and fence-line communities.  Although the primary focus of the Northwest office is representing environmental and community groups...

We know you are passionate about helping immigrants from all over the world. We are too and we want you on our team. Come join us if you have at least 2 years of immigration experience as an attorney! As an Associate Attorney, you will hit the ground running immediately interviewing clients, communicating clear legal strategies and making appropriate recommendations. Additionally, you should be able to: Draft pleadings, motions, and filings with court. Effectively handle litigation and transactional cases, from initial intake until final appointment or individual hearings and prepare and file appeals where necessary. Represent clients in immigration litigation and administrative hearings including Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office, 9th Circuit Court, and Federal District Court (writ of mandamus, etc.) Case types include: Litigation: Cancellation of removal, prosecutorial discretion, asylum, withholding of removal. Transactional:...

The University of California (UC), Merced, the youngest campus in the world-renowned University of California system, seeks a new Chief Campus Counsel to lead the unique institution into an exciting new era as it continues to grow and distinguish itself within the UC system and among research universities globally. The new Chief Campus Counsel will be joining the University at a pivotal time to support its extensive growth and ensure its continued success. The Chief Campus Counsel will serve as a member of the Chancellor’s senior leadership team. Reporting to the Chancellor and the University of California General Counsel, the Chief Campus Counsel provides legal assistance and services to the UC Merced campus and serves as a senior advisor on institutional policy and decision making that requires a legal perspective. Opened to undergraduates in 2005, UC Merced was the first new University of California campus in 40 years, and the first American research university of the...