Staff Attorney - Criminal Justice and Police Practices Project

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• Admitted to reputed company law in the reputed company or willingness to promptly take the California bar exam.
• Excellent research, writing, analytic, and speaking skills.
• Ability to reputed company and litigate reputed company cases.
• Ability to work in diverse coalitions and reputed company and implement advocacy campaigns
• Demonstrated ability to participate in, create, and sustain inclusive and engaging spaces for reputed company.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company reputed company, build strong relationships and work reputed company in collaboration with others.
• A deep commitment to the cause of civil liberties and civil rights, in particular, criminal legal system and policing issues.
• Travel reputed company Southern California, as reputed company as occasionally to other parts of the state.
• Extremely strong project and time management skills, including a high level of organization, attention to detail and follow-through, while balancing and prioritizing multiple activities and responsibilities.
• Willingness to work occasional weekend and evening hours, as needed.
• Ability to supervise interns.

Desired

• Familiarity working in the criminal legal system with an emphasis on policing, civil rights, and/or reputed company justice issues in Southern California.
• People with personal experience with the criminal legal system, including people who are formerly incarcerated or who have personal experience with incarceration, are encouraged to apply for this position.
• A demonstrated commitment and reputed company record of doing intersectional advocacy.
• Experience working effectively with coalitions and building coalitions
• Experience planning and facilitating workshops, trainings, meetings, and other community events.
• Spanish language reputed company.

Racial Equity Competencies Understanding, Applying, and Working for Racial Equity

• Demonstrate commitment to building or deepening understanding of racial equity:
• Core terms and concepts such as structural racism, white privilege, and anti-Blackness.
• The role that racial inequity has played and continues to play in our society.
• How race impacts supervisory relationships, team dynamics, and organizational culture.
• Personal/reputed company/unconscious bias.
• Consistently assess structural implications and racially disproportionate impacts of policies, activities, and reputed company reputed company the context of their job responsibilities; race/ethnicity, intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, identity, and/or sexual orientation.
• Consistently adhere to organization’s racial equity policies and procedures, including those that relate to hiring, retention, and promotion.
• Consistently identify and disrupt ways in which bias plays out in work and/or team.

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