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Job Posting: EJS Director of
Law and Public Policy
Applications Accepted from July 1-15, 2009
The Equal
Justice Society (EJS) is seeking experienced candidates for the position
of Director of Law and Public Policy.
The
Director of Law and Public Policy is a member of the management team of
EJS and participates in the overall management and development of the
organization. The Director reports to the President of EJS.
EJS is a
national strategy group driven by a vision of a society where race is no
longer a barrier to opportunity. Our mission is to heighten consciousness
on race in the law and popular discourse. Grounded by an agenda that
seeks progressive legal reform, we engage a three-pronged strategy that
incorporates communications, law and policy, and fostering a "grand
alliance" among our progressive allies.
Our legal
strategy aims to broaden conceptions of present-day discrimination using
cognitive science, structural analysis, and real-life experience. We
provide attorneys with tools to challenge the flawed assumptions
underlying current anti-discrimination doctrine.
The
Director of Law and Public Policy is responsible for managing and
directing the implementation of multiple programmatic responsibilities in
pursuit of the organization's goals and strategies. The Director will be
expected to:
- Supervise and prepare legal activity, including
appellate briefs, amicus curiae, and, eventually, impact litigation
involving issues of critical importance to EJS's mission;
- Direct research by EJS staff, consultants and
outside academics and social scientists on various legal and social
justice issues;
- Plan and prepare law related conferences that
bring together legal scholars, practitioners, law students, social
scientists, journalists and other concerned activists to stimulate
analysis and progressive reform of key areas of the law, with a
particular emphasis on civil rights and social justice;
- Direct outreach to law schools, students and
faculty to engage in research, public policy initiatives and legal
action and supervising legal and/or research interns.
The
Director of Law and Public Policy should have at least five (5) years of
academic and/or legal experience, particularly in the area of civil
rights, critical race theory, and/or the use of social science and the
law. The ability to engage legal scholars, practitioners and grassroots
activists is essential to successful performance. The Director will
supervise a full-time staff attorney and a fellow, additional legal staff
as the organization grows, occasional interns and help coordinate and
direct other program staff.
The
position is an exempt, professional and management position. The Director
is expected to be a senior, experienced manager. A demonstrated record of
working in coalition with other organizations is required.
Interested
candidates should send a résumé and letter of interest on or after July
1* and sent no later than July 15, 2009, to info@equaljusticesociety.org
and sent via postal mail (postmarked by July 15) to:
Search Committee
Equal Justice Society
260 California Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94111
* We ask
that applications be sent on or after July 1 due to our office move
taking place June 26-30.
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