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Build America Mutual (BAM) is seeking an associate counsel to join its in-house team of public finance attorneys, which provides legal support to BAM’s new-issue underwriting process, surveillance and remediation of credits in the insured portfolio, and quality execution in the documentation and closing of new business transactions to enhance BAM’s reputation in the market as best in class.   Manage new issue primary market transactions from underwriting through closing, including: reviewing transaction documents and disclosure materials to identify legal and credit risks during underwriting process; drafting and reviewing commitment letters, including all special conditions, for approved transactions; and reviewing and negotiating transaction documents prior to closing. Confer with bond counsel as necessary. Support activities of Public Finance Operations to ensure the efficient and timely closing of transactions, including review of BAM and issuer closing certificates,...

Lowenstein Sandler is seeking an attorney with 3-5 years of estate planning/administration experience to join our Roseland or NYC office.  Required skills include estate planning (drafting wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, medical directives, GRATs, CLATs, CRUTs, ILITs, dynasty trusts, gift agreements, etc.; assist in counseling high net worth clients on estate planning) and estate/trust administration (assist in representing executors throughout the process of estate administration; assist in planning/executing strategies including decantings, trust modifications, purchases/other transactions, severances, and settlement agreements).  Experience with fiduciary litigation and prenuptial/postnuptial agreements is a plus.  Lowenstein Sandler is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without...

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...

Do you want to spend your time generating innovative litigation for economic and social justice, working with social change organizations to fight illegal, unfair, and deceptive private conduct that hurts employees and consumers? Do you enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that encourages unconventional thinking and risk-taking? Would you like to work at an organization with the litigation chops of a boutique firm and the roving agenda of an attorney general? If so, read on!   Our Organization A nonprofit organization founded in 2018, Justice Catalyst Law develops cutting-edge, interdisciplinary impact cases and legal strategies that advance economic justice. We specialize in fighting corporate or private actor abuses by applying multiple areas of law to new contexts. We bring a diverse set of nonprofits, advocates, and law firms together to develop, investigate, and litigate bold cases with broad impact. Our mission is to expand the legal system’s potential to provide...

Feuerstein Kulick ( www.dfmklaw.com ) is currently looking for a mid-level corporate associate (MINIMUM 3 years of experience) to join our fast-growing team. Ideal skills include experience in mergers and acquisitions and/or securities law. Experience counseling clients in Cannabis or other regulated industries, a Big Law background and/or familiarity with advising venture capital or private equity investors are all plusses but are not required.  We are a boutique law firm comprised of former Wall Street attorneys that left Big Law to create a full-service, entrepreneurial law firm that focuses on the emerging Cannabis market. Recently named by Business Insider as one of the top firms in this booming industry, the Firm has worked on some of the largest deals in the Cannabis industry in 2020.  Applicants should email a resume and cover letter to Fitz Angrand (fitz@dfmklaw.com) in order to be considered for this position.

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...