ACLU Foundation of Texas
Remote (TX, USA)
RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific responsibilities include:
Develop and maintain a robust docket concentrating on civil rights and liberties.
Review, investigate, and select for legal representation complaints received through the ACLU-TX intake system, as well as referrals from other organizations and agencies and attorneys.
Develop and prosecute select civil liberties and civil rights cases, including legal research and memoranda, the drafting of pleadings and briefs, discovery and motion practice, mediation, trials, settlement negotiation, post-judgment litigation, and appeals in both state and federal courts.
Develop and execute non-litigation legal advocacy, such as preparing and filing administrative complaints, and provide limited representation in administrative proceedings.
Provide legal support to community partners and advocates advancing ACLU-TX’s goals in non-legal spaces.
Participate as a legal expert in local and statewide legislative processes,...