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120,000.00 / yr - $155,000.00 / yr

The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC) seeks a Managing Legal Director.

The ACLUF-SDIC is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) civil liberties and civil rights organization working to advance equality, freedom and justice through public education and litigation. Together with the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that does our legislative lobbying work, we are a prominent force for the protection and expansion of fundamental rights in California's second-most populous county (San Diego) and the county with the highest per capita Latina / o population (Imperial).

While there are more than 50 ACLU affiliates nationwide, our work covers the length of California's border with Mexico. We work collaboratively with the National ACLU and with ACLU affiliates in California, on the U.S-Mexico border and throughout the United States. In addition, we value partnerships and collaboration with community organizations and groups across the state and throughout the binational border region.

The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties and ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (known collectively as ACLU-SDIC) have a proven track record of success combining impact litigation, policy advocacy, legislation, research and analysis, public education, strategic communications and community organizing to achieve meaningful social change. We are dedicated to confronting issues that threaten our most cherished civil rights and freedoms and defending the progress the ACLU has made over its 100-year history.

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Position Summary :

The Managing Legal Director will provide vision, direction, and support for the ACLUF-SDIC's litigation program. Reporting to the Advocacy and Legal Director, the Managing Legal Director will lead and expand the ACLU-SDIC's litigation program, including developing and litigating high-impact cases and managing the department. The Managing Legal Director will be responsible for executing the overall legal strategy as part of a robust integrated advocacy approach to advance the ACLU-SDIC's mission, and oversee the management and coordination of our docket, litigation staff, and network of cooperating attorneys. Our integrated advocacy approach centers issues teams supporting our organization's priorities. Our current teams are Advancing Justice, Advancing Racial and Economic Justice, and Advancing Immigrants' Rights.

As a critical member of the organization's Senior Leadership Team consisting of the executive team and department directors, the Managing Legal Director will provide strategic leadership aligning with our organization priorities on both litigation and non-litigation legal advocacy strategies in our priority areas of criminal justice, immigrants' rights, racial and economic justice, as well as other civil rights and liberties issues. In addition, the Managing Legal Director will work in close coordination with our policy, organizing, Imperial Valley regional office and communications teams, with national and California ACLU staff, and other local and national partners engaging in an integrated advocacy model to advance our organizational goals. Working with the senior leadership team, the Managing Legal Director will also help guide the affiliate toward becoming a more seamless internally integrated advocacy organization that effectively advances a transformational social change advocacy agenda.

Our Must Haves :

• Demonstrated commitment to civil rights and civil liberties and client-centered advocacy consistent with the mission and goals of ACLU-SDIC.
• Minimum of 10 years' legal experience, including substantial state and / or federal litigation at trial court and appellate levels, including class actions, with a strong background in constitutional law and civil rights.
• Management experience that includes recruiting, training, managing, and retaining a diverse, high-performing litigation team.
• Admission to the California bar (or licensed in another state and qualified to apply for admission in California within 6 months).

Desired Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated record of moving legal cases forward from investigation and development to completion (e.g., settlement, trial, and compliance).
• Excellent communication, media, presentation, written, and analytical skills.
• Experience working with volunteers and non-profit organizations, including allies from across the political spectrum.
• Experience representing and working with activists and grassroots and other non-governmental organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills and a creative and strategic approach to problem-solving and litigation including a demonstrated ability to exercise sound professional judgement.
• Goal-oriented and project-oriented, with an ability to recognize and maximize opportunities on behalf of the organization.
• Values and has experience working collaboratively and respectfully with teams and coworkers, including toward resolving obstacles and / or conflicts.
• Excellent at collaborating across disciplines and being open to innovation and cross-departmental planning to achieve organizational priorities.

Demonstrated awareness of one's own cultural identity, views about differences, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. A complex understanding of racial justice and the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Proven track record of working across lines of race, immigration status, ethnicity, language, class, gender and other identities and experiences including record of arrest or conviction. Courage and impeccable integrity.

Physical Requirements :

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to exchange accurate information, detect / identify documents and the information contained in them, move between areas in and out of the office to complete their role. The employee may need to move various equipment including computer to their work location.

Travel Requirements

Must be able to travel for court hearings and conferences as needed.

Compensation

The classification salary range for this position is $109,000 to $162,000 and the anticipated hiring range is : $120,000 - $155,000. Salary will be determined by a variety of factors, including the knowledge, skills, and experience of the individual selected.

Excellent benefits include four weeks paid vacation; 17 office holidays; 100% medical and dental insurance for staff members and their families; life and long-term disability insurance; gender affirming care, flexible spending accounts, EAP support, and 401(k) plan with employer match and immediate vesting of the employer match.

What Now?

Please submit a cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position as detailed in this announcement, a current resume, writing sample, and names and contact information of three professional references (including at least one supervisor).

Electronic applications are preferred. To submit your application, please click here.

However, hard-copy applications can be mailed to :

Chief Operating Officer

ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties

P.O. Box 87131

The ACLU is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, veterans, and people with arrest records and / or convictions.

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