Disability Rights California defends, advances, and strengthens the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities
Staff Attorney, Level 2
Location
California
Posted
34 days ago
Salary
$80.4K - $117.7K / year
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree (JD) and admitted to the California State Bar, plus five (5) full years of legal experience.
- 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.
- Experience in one or more substantive areas of law of affecting the rights of and services for people with disabilities (such as Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Disabled Persons Act, CA Gov. Code Section 11135, etc.).
- Experience in one or more of the following: litigation, administrative practice, working on complex legal matters, or community organizing.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead multiple advocacy projects such as intake/outreach projects, administrative proceedings, writs, eviction defense, or single client defendant lawsuits.
- Experience working with persons with disabilities and/or experience working with persons from multi-ethnic communities.
- Experience in the disability rights or justice movement and/or extensive contacts in the disability community.
- A strong sense of professional responsibility and ethics.
- An ability to meet deadlines and perform multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
- The ability to work independently with appropriate supervision.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous benefit package
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