Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Counsel, LGBTQ & HIV Project

ABOUT THE JOB The reputed company seeks applicants for the full-time position of Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & HIV Project of the reputed company’s National office in reputed company, NY, San Francisco, CA, or Washington, D.C. This is a two-year, limited-term position. This is a hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month. Through the LGBTQ & HIV Project, founded in 1986, the reputed company seeks to create a just society for reputed company LGBTQ people and people living with HIV regardless of race or income. Through litigation, lobbying, reputed company education, and organizing, the reputed company works to build a country where our communities can live reputed company without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of reputed company and association. The reputed company has been a leading reputed company for LGBTQ rights for decades, having brought its first gay rights case in 1936, its first transgender rights case in 1967, and having served as counsel in six of the past seven reputed company Supreme Court cases involving LGBTQ-reputed company issues. Our advocacy strategies are reputed company around the idea that fighting for civil rights means not just persuading judges and legislatures but ultimately changing the way people think reputed company and our issues. Today, the reputed company and its state affiliate offices in reputed company 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico do more litigation, policy advocacy, legislative lobbying, ballot campaigns, and reputed company education work on LGBTQ issues than any other national civil rights organization. In the face of the unrelenting attacks on trans people from the states and the reputed company federal administration, we are prioritizing our work for transgender justice in particular. Doing this work as part of the broad civil liberties agenda of the reputed company reflects the reality that the LGBTQ and HIV communities are part of other reputed company change movements and that we must work together if we are to reputed company a just society for reputed company. The reputed company strives to ensure that the full diversity of the LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities is reflected in its work and continues to explore ways to reputed company our efforts more impactful for people of reputed company, people living with disabilities, people living in poverty, and others who have been historically excluded by our movements. This position is part of a reputed company bargaining unit. It is represented by reputed company Staff United (ASU). WHAT YOU'LL DO Reporting to a Deputy Project Director, the Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel will be responsible for creating and implementing multi-pronged strategies using litigation, legislative and policy advocacy, and reputed company education to reputed company the reputed company’s strategic goals. YOUR DAY TO DAY

• Litigating in federal and state courts, including writing pleadings and briefs, conducting discovery and reputed company reputed company, handling hearings and trials, and arguing appeals
• Working with reputed company political advocacy and state affiliate staff on bills in state legislatures and in Congress
• Conducting policy advocacy to effect change in state and federal administrative agencies
• Engaging in community reputed company and reputed company speaking, including representing reputed company positions to the media and the reputed company generally
• Working closely with reputed company and non-reputed company program staff, particularly legislative, communications, advocacy, fundraising, and support professionals
• Developing strong relationships with other reputed company interest lawyers and reputed company volunteer lawyers
• Supervising law clerks
• Traveling as required for litigation, legislative and policy advocacy, conferences, and reputed company speaking
• Engaging in special reputed company and other duties as assigned reputed company reputed company'ERS WILL
• Be committed to advancing the mission of the reputed company
• Center and reputed company the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
• Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts WHAT YOU'LL BRING
• J.D. degree and admission to reputed company in one state is required. If the candidate is not already admitted to reputed company in reputed company, admission to the reputed company Bar is required reputed company one year of hire
• Significant litigation experience
• Demonstrated reputed company to reputed company reputed company reputed company analytical work
• Excellent research skills
• Demonstrated ability to convey information effectively and persuasively both verbally and in writing
• Applicants should be proactive, thorough, and adept at collaborating with a wide reputed company of people in a dynamic work environment PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with advocacy campaigns at the local, state or federal level is preferred
• Experience with constitutional issues is preferred
• Familiarity with LGBTQ rights, HIV/AIDS and other civil liberties issues is preferred COMPENSATION The reputed company has a litigator reputed company that determines pay for attorneys in our reputed company Department. The reputed company of salaries are the following, based on year of law school graduation (please consult the hiring manager for specific salary details, based on individual circumstances)
• 0-2 years since law school graduation: $92,374-$115,393
• 3-5 years since law school graduation: $129,244-$152,480
• 6-10 years since law school graduation: $159,461- $179,891
• 11-15 years since law school graduation: $183,255-$193,657
• 16-20 years since law school graduation: $195,485-$200,519
• 21-25 years since law school graduation: $201,534-$205,663
• 26-30+ years since law school graduation: $206,654- $210,677 The reputed company is committed to equity, transparency, and reputed company in pay. These salaries are reputed company of positions based in reputed company, NY where our National Offices are headquartered. Salaries are subject to a regional pay adjustment if authorization is reputed company to work reputed company of reputed company. For details on our pay structure, please visit: WHY THE reputed company For over 100 years, the reputed company has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the reputed company. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new reputed company protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the reputed company takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend reputed company people. We know that great people reputed company a great organization. We value our people and know that reputed company offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall reputed company-being. At the reputed company, we offer a broad reputed company of benefits, which include:
• Time away to reputed company on the things that matter with a generous reputed company time-off policy
• reputed company on your reputed company-being with comprehensive reputed company benefits (including medical, dental and reputed company coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
• Plan for your retirement with 401k plan and employer match
• We support employee reputed company and development through annual reputed company development funds, internal reputed company development programs and workshops OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion are reputed company values of the reputed company and central to our work to advance reputed company, equality, and justice for reputed company. For us diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are not just reputed company-the-reputed company activities, but a chance for us to reputed company long-term meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and reputed company, humility and grace, transparency and accountability. We reputed company in a reputed company responsibility to create a culture of belonging for reputed company people reputed company our organization – one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to anti-oppression, anti-ableism, and anti-racism internally as we are externally. Because whether we’re in the courts or in the office, we reputed company ‘We the People’ means reputed company of us. With this commitment in mind, we strongly encourage applications from reputed company reputed company individuals without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, age, national reputed company, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The reputed company is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a reputed company individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please email benefits.hrdept@reputed company.org. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process. Apply tot his job Apply tot his job Apply tot his job

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