CIVIELE RECHTEN VERDEDIGINGSCENTRUM
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
• Aanvragen worden geaccepteerd totdat de functie is ingevuld; vroegtijdige aanmeldingen worden gewaardeerd.

Wie Wij Zijn:

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 website Voor meer informatie over ons werk, onze zaken en de andere juridische ondersteuning die wij bieden.

Samenvatting:

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.
• Werk samen met juridische teams en groepen van verzetspartijen om de bewegingsjuridische praktijk, de processtrategie en de bewegingsopbouw te bevorderen.
• 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.
• Ervaring met securitycultuur en digitale beveiliging.

Betalingen en voordelen:

Wij bieden een werkplek die gericht is op de missie en de medewerkers en een competitieve beloning op basis van het algemeen belang.

• 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.
• Flexibele werktijden (wanneer er geen rechtszaken op zich laten wachten).
• Malpractice insurance.
• Sommige professionele contributies zijn betaald door CLDC.
• Generous paid time off and holidays, and summer half-day Fridays.
• Uitstekende uitgebreide ziektekosten-, tandheelkundige en visieverzekering.
• One month sabbatical after 5 years.
• Cle-budgetten en budgetten voor technologie en beveiliging.
• 401k-plan met matching-bijdragen.
• As a nonprofit, CLDC employment qualifies staff for federal loan forgiveness.
• Wij investeren in uw groei. We bieden een reeks mogelijkheden voor alle teamleden om te groeien en zich te ontwikkelen, waaronder een serie opleidingen voor het politieke bewustzijn van het personeel, een budget voor individuele professionele ontwikkeling en leiderschapstrainingen en -coaching.
• Wij investeren in uw welzijn. Hoewel we gericht zijn op resultaten en een hoog rendement behalen, zetten we ons ook in voor een mensgerichte werkplek die mensen centraal stelt, verschillen respecteert en positief en bevestigend is.

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.

Hoe aan te vragen:

Geïnteresseerde kandidaten dienen in te dienen:

• Samenvatting.
• 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 professionele referenties, inclusief e-mail- en telefoonnummers, waarvan ten minste één een referentie uit de milieu- of sociale rechtvaardigingsbeweging is.

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

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