Disability Rights California

Disability Rights California defends, advances, and strengthens the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities

Supervising Attorney

AttorneyAttorneyFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 1978H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

10 days ago

Salary

$89.4K - $131.0K / year

Professional Certificate7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Supervise attorneys and investigators, including workload management, training, and monitoring staff • Lead a work team with emphasis on assisting the team in developing and implementing strategies to accomplish team goals • Ensure that all work complies with grant requirements and meets procedural and quality standards, including proper handling of personally identifiable information • Conduct frequent calls, e.g. weekly, with attorneys and advocates regarding work • Respond to inquiries and complaints concerning services • Train attorneys, advocates, clients and others in substantive disability rights law • Identify areas of development of program staff and assist in coordinating such development. • Perform outreach and support and monitor supervisee outreach efforts to traditionally underserved communities.

Job Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) or equivalent, and membership in the California State Bar
  • 7 years of experience practicing law; or internal candidates who have worked at DRC for three continuous years and have 6 years of experience practicing law
  • Demonstrated commitment – through lived experience and/or employment history – to working with people with disabilities and low-income clients and incorporating race equity and community lawyering principles into their work
  • 2 years of experience successfully leading, developing, mentoring, or supervising law clerks, attorneys, or advocates
  • Expertise in one or more substantive areas of law related to the position
  • 2 years of successfully leading multiple advocacy projects, such as intake/outreach projects, administrative proceedings, writs, or single client lawsuits.

Benefits

  • Excellent benefits including 8% 401k Match
  • LRAP (Loan Repayment Assistance Program) pays up to $300 per month
  • Health (HMO and PPO options)
  • Dental, vision, basic life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care and commuter)
  • Ample vacation, sick/self-care leave
  • Eighteen paid holidays (including the last week in December)
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) - eligible employer

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