Litigation Staff Attorney

Opportunity

IRAP is seeking an attorney with 3 to 5 years of legal experience to join the Litigation Department. The attorney will be supervised by the Litigation Director or one of the supervising attorneys.

Responsibilities

• Manage, supervise, lead, and engage in all aspects of litigation and litigation-related advocacy as appropriate for level of experience, including case development and filing, legal and factual research, client counseling and interviews, motions practice, discovery, resource creation, policy advocacy, and media advocacy. IRAP’s litigation department develops and brings a range of cases in lead counsel capacity, including FOIA, mandamus, Administrative Procedure Act challenges, and large class actions.
• Collaborate with IRAP staff members in other program departments to ensure that litigation is supporting and leveraging the work of other departments, including policy, legal services, and communications.
• Represent IRAP in externally facing relationships, including with other advocates, pro bono firms, media, and donors.
• Participate in tasks that support the organization, including by joining hiring committees, participating in cross-departmental task forces, and providing feedback on organization-wide issues.

Qualifications

• Law degree and license to practice law in the U.S. state from which the candidate will perform work for the position. If a candidate is moving to New York for the position and is not already licensed to practice in New York, willingness to apply for the New York bar as soon as practicable.
• Between three to five years of relevant legal experience after law school (including judicial clerkships) that provide a foundation for readiness to counsel clients, manage litigation-related projects, draft complex briefs, initiate and lead smaller litigation (such as FOIA or mandamus), and develop additional complex litigation skills.
• Strong research, writing, analytical, client counseling, and project initiation and management skills.
• Commitment to teamwork. Ability to work collaboratively and communicate clearly and respectfully with people of different backgrounds, including IRAP staff across the organization, other advocates, and pro bono firms. Eagerness to support team members as needed.
• Commitment to centering displaced people and equity principles in our work. We welcome applications from attorneys with lived experience of displacement and/or marginalization.
• Openness to accepting and providing constructive feedback.
• Excellent oral and written English skills. Additional languages are a plus, particularly Spanish, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, and/or Somali.
• Prior experience working with marginalized and/or displaced communities and using interpreters for client communications preferred.

Location: The candidate will preferably work in IRAP’s U.S. office in New York City or in DC, but remote work candidates will be considered.

Compensation

The annual full-time equivalent salary range for this position is $77,000 – $91,300 commensurate with experience and office location. May be subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

Benefits

IRAP’s benefits vary across office locations, and IRAP seeks to offer equitable and generous benefits to all employees. IRAP’s US benefits include:

* Fully paid family health insurance

* Retirement options

* Extensive PTO (20 or more vacation days & 19 org-wide holidays)

* Comprehensive leave time for sickness

* Disability and parenting (4 months of parental leave)

* Reimbursement for work from home equipment

* Generous opportunities for professional development