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The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) is a community lawyering organization, boldly serving the movement for equality and justice in and out of the courts, and seeking to advance a vision of a Texas in which all communities can thrive with dignity and justice, and without fear. To advance this work, TCRP is seeking a Legal Program Director to lead its Racial and Economic Justice (REJ) program, which in recent years has engaged extensively in legal and advocacy work on behalf of migrant and border communities. This position is part of TCRP’s Leadership Team, which works together to run the organization, and reports directly to TCRP’s President.   For more than thirty years, TCRP has been a committed partner to community organizers, families and advocacy groups across the state. Whether through litigation or other means of legal advocacy, the attorneys and advocates at TCRP work to dismantle mass incarceration, discrimination in voting and civic participation, and injustices...

The primary teaching responsibility is teaching sections of Contracts I and Contracts II, the basic first-year, required contracts courses. The teaching package also includes 2 or 3 additional courses to be assigned based upon Baylor Law’s curricular needs and applicant’s experience. Such courses could include teaching one section of Legal Analysis, Research and Communications: Persuasive Communications once a year, or upper level electives. The University:   Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education ’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas. The university provides a vibrant campus community for over 16,000 students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries by blending interdisciplinary research...

GENERAL SUMMARY: Assist the General Counsel in providing legal advice to the agency, agency attorneys, outside counsel, agency vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, and other agency officers; handle matters in multiple areas of the law as assigned by the General Counsel; assist the General Counsel in the development and implementation of legal strategies that facilitate the accomplishment of agency goals and mission; assist the General Counsel in his/her role as the legal representative for DART by handling litigation and other legal matters in multiple areas of the law and at all levels of federal, state, and administrative courts. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Represents DART in multiple areas of the law with a primary focus on transactional matters. Assist DART in the drafting, negotiation and completion of various transactional matters including interlocal agreements and other various contracts. Assist DART in addressing real estate agreements, such...