Senior Staff or Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice ALIT

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of SPLC’s immigrant justice legal advocacy strategies, especially in the Deep South
• Develop new cases in consultation with SPLC staff and community partners
• Train and mentor legal staff (for Senior Staff roles)
• Develop and maintain collaborations and partnerships with community organizations
• Investigate, gather information, and interview clients and witnesses
• Research and write legal memos and briefs on complex legal and factual questions
• Represent SPLC before community groups, legislators, and state agencies
• Respond to requests for legal assistance

Requirements

• J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school
• Membership in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar (preferably AL, FL, GA, LA, or MS)
• For Staff Attorney I-II: At least 1 year of federal court civil litigation or comparable experience post law school
• For Senior Staff I-IV: At least 6 years of federal court civil litigation or comparable experience post law school
• Demonstrated experience litigating complex individual, multi-plaintiff, or class action cases
• Ability to speak and write in a language commonly spoken in the Southeastern US (e.g., Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Portuguese, Vietnamese, or Mandarin)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with community organizations and grassroots campaigns in the Deep South
• Experience in litigation based on the U.S. Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act
• Commitment to community-oriented and movement-supportive lawyering

About the Company

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an organization dedicated to protecting and vindicating the rights of marginalized communities through impact litigation and systemic reform.