CENTRO DE DEFESA DAS LIBERDADES CIVIS
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
• As candidaturas serão aceites até que a posição seja preenchida; é preferível apresentar candidaturas antecipadas.

Quem Somos:

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 para obter mais informações sobre o nosso trabalho, casos e o apoio jurídico que prestamos ao movimento.

Resumo:

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.
• Trabalhe em colaboração com equipes jurídicas e grupos de defensores para promover a advocacia jurídica, a estratégia de litígio e a construção de movimentos.
• 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.
• Experiência com cultura de segurança e segurança digital.

Remuneração e Benefícios:

Oferecemos um ambiente de trabalho centrado nas missões e nos colaboradores, além de uma remuneração competitiva e em consonância com os interesses públicos.

• 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.
• Horário de trabalho flexível (quando não há prazos de litígios).
• Malpractice insurance.
• Algumas contribuições profissionais pagas pela CLDC.
• Generous paid time off and holidays, and summer half-day Fridays.
• Excelente seguro de saúde, odontológico e visão abrangente.
• One month sabbatical after 5 years.
• Despesas com CLE e orçamento de tecnologia/segurança.
• Plano 401k com contribuições complementares.
• As a nonprofit, CLDC employment qualifies staff for federal loan forgiveness.
• Estamos comprometidos com o seu crescimento. Oferecemos uma série de oportunidades para todos os membros da equipe crescerem e se desenvolverem, incluindo uma série de treinamentos políticos para funcionários, um orçamento de desenvolvimento profissional individual e treinamento e coaching para liderança.
• Estamos comprometidos com o seu bem-estar. Embora busquemos resultados e possamos demonstrar um desempenho elevado, também nos empenhamos em criar um ambiente de trabalho humanista, centrado nas pessoas, respeitoso com a diversidade e positivo e estimulante.

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.

Como se inscrever:

Os candidatos interessados devem apresentar:

• Resumo.
• 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 referências profissionais, incluindo e-mail e número de telefone, sendo pelo menos uma delas uma referência de um movimento pela justiça ambiental ou social.

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

Por favor, sem telefonemas, cópias em papel ou visitas presenciais. Se tiver problemas técnicos para enviar o seu pedido ou tiver dúvidas, por favor contacte o escritório[at]cldc.org.