CENTRO PER LA DIFESA DEI DIRITTI CIVILI
1711 Willamette St. Suite 301 #359 Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 687-9180 • info@cldc.org • cldc.org

Job Announcement: Movement Staff Attorney

• Full-time salary with benefits — exempt
• Any state bar license required; 3 years of experience required
• Position may be remote or in the Eugene, Oregon, office
• Le candidature sono accettate fino a quando il posto non sarà riempito; sono preferibili le candidature presentate tempestivamente.

Chi Siamo:

Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) is a nonprofit organization that supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, and legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden the success of those movements. Our motto is “We’ve got your back until all are free.” We have provided pro bono activist defense to at least 6,000 social, environmental, and climate justice activists, as well as providing free Know Your Rights & Risks trainings to more than 12,500 people and organizations. CLDC’s staff attorneys have extensive movement litigation experience as well as experience with intersectional movement organizing work. Please see our sito web Per ulteriori informazioni sul nostro lavoro, sui casi e sull'altro supporto legale che offriamo al movimento.

Riassunto:

Do you want to work full-time on cutting-edge left-political cases? In response to the authoritarian attacks on political dissent, CLDC is currently seeking a movement attorney with a minimum of three years of litigating experience with plaintiffs’ civil rights, criminal, and/or civil “lawfare” defense (politicized lawsuits and legal attacks brought by far right or corporate entities and state and federal governments). Our ideal candidate will have a strong environmental and/or social justice background as well as good connections to active movement groups nationwide. Federal litigation experience is required. CLDC work will include complex criminal defense, activist/organization grand jury witness representation, and quashing subpoenas and other SLAPP and lawfare-related cases. We are looking for a well-rounded movement attorney who brings hard work, initiative, commitment, and passion for our work, our clients, and the progressive movements we support and defend. We are looking for strong trial skills, someone willing to quickly learn novel areas of the law, and the ability to work well with diverse teams of activists, lawyers, and legal workers and relate to the movements we work with. In addition, the movement attorney will contribute to our Dissent & Democracy program by developing and presenting our public education trainings (Know Your Rights & Risks).

Movement Defense Responsibilities:

• Federal and state felony and misdemeanor criminal defense litigation — from client intake through post-trial motions, appeals, and political prisoner legal support.
• Defend targets of federal SLAPP & “Lawfare” cases — often with fast deadlines, novel legal issues, and aggressive opposing counsel.
• Ability to bring in progressive activist clients and legal work in line with our mission.
• Ability to work on cases pro hac vice (our cases are in state and federal courts around the country), learning and applying a variety of laws and court rules.
• Collaborare con i team legali e i gruppi dei difensori per promuovere la professione legale nel campo del diritto dei movimenti, la strategia legata ai procedimenti giudiziari e la costruzione di movimenti.
• Provide CLDC Know Your Rights and Risks (KYRR) and related movement trainings, workshops, and public presentations within the first 90 days on the job.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex messages with diverse audiences through large group public speaking as well as small group and one-on-one consultations.
• Partner with the communications team to contribute to storytelling, narrative, and outreach work.
• Engage in coalition and movement collaboration meetings.
• Enthusiastically represent CLDC’s purpose and values as an external and internal leader.
• At least a two-year commitment is requested.

Minimum Experience and Qualifications:

• 3 years minimum experience as an attorney handling criminal defense, SLAPP/”lawfare,” and/or federal civil rights plaintiffs’ cases.
• Admitted to practice law in good standing (ideally at least one federal bar admission at the time of application).
• Jury trial experience and skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to perform a variety of tasks independently while maintaining attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to environmental and/or social justice movement(s), broadly defined.
• Demonstrated skill in dealing with diversity of movements, and culturally appropriate, anti-racist, anti-oppression orientation.
• Must be available and able to travel several days per year via airplane and/or car, including overnights, throughout the continental United States.
• Available for some evening and weekend work activities.
• Physical capabilities: Able to work at a computer consistently for at least eight hours a day (with appropriate breaks), 40 hours per week. Some lifting may be required (e.g. carrying luggage, computers, resources for audiences, etc., up to 50 pounds on occasion).
• Remote workers must be present in Eugene, Oregon, on a quarterly basis. (An office, with equipment and comaraderie, in the Eugene office building is available if relocation is possible, regardless of state bar license).

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• Fluency in a second language relevant to our work; Spanish speakers strongly encouraged to apply; differential pay offered.
• Experience in community organizing work and/or social justice activism; ties to current frontline communities.
• Esperienza nella cultura della sicurezza e nella sicurezza digitale.

Retribuzione e benefit:

Offriamo un ambiente di lavoro incentrato sulle missioni e sui dipendenti, nonché una retribuzione competitiva in base agli interessi pubblici.

• This position is full-time, with 40 hours per week expected, salaried and exempt from wage and hour laws.
• Salary range $90,000 to $120,000, commensurate with experience.
• Programma di lavoro flessibile (quando non si sono in fase di esecuzione di un processo).
• Malpractice insurance.
• Alcune quote professionali pagate da CLDC.
• Generous paid time off and holidays, and summer half-day Fridays.
• Ottima copertura sanitaria, dentale e oculistica.
• One month sabbatical after 5 years.
• Budget per i servizi di consulenza e per la tecnologia e la sicurezza.
• Piano 401k con contributi pari al 100%.
• As a nonprofit, CLDC employment qualifies staff for federal loan forgiveness.
• Siamo impegnati nella crescita dei nostri dipendenti. Offriamo una serie di opportunità per tutti i membri del team per crescere e evolversi, tra cui una serie di corsi di formazione politica per il personale, un budget per lo sviluppo professionale individuale e formazione e coaching per i dirigenti.
• Ci impegniamo per il vostro benessere. Sebbene siamo orientati ai risultati e performanti, ci impegniamo anche per un ambiente di lavoro umanistico, incentrato sulle persone, rispettoso delle differenze e positivo e stimolante.

Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity affirmative action employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition=, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other factor that is not related to the position. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.

Come presentare la domanda:

I candidati interessati devono presentare:

• Riassunto.
• Cover letter stating your interest, experience, and current bar admission(s) (including relevant litigation practice areas and trial experience).
• 2 writing samples, ideally a relevant brief and/or pleading and a sample demonstrating your ability to communicate clearly to environmental and social justice partners and allies (white paper, KYRR resource, or client letter translating legalese for the masses).
• 3 referenze professionali, tra cui il numero di telefono e l'indirizzo e-mail, almeno una delle quali sia un'associazione impegnata in cause di giustizia ambientale o sociale.

Please send all materials in a single PDF to info[at]cldc.org – Subject: “[Your last name]— Movement Staff Attorney”

Per favore, non inviate telefonate, copie cartacee o visite personali. Se avete difficoltà tecniche nell’inviare la vostra candidatura o se avete domande, contattate l’indirizzo office[at]cldc.org.