Job o’ the Day: Staff Attorney/Habeas Corpus Counsel at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center in San Francisco!
The Habeas Corpus Resource Center (HCRC), located in San Francisco, provides representation to indigent men and women facing the death penalty in California. Their mission is to “provide timely, high-quality legal representation for indigent petitioners in death penalty habeas corpus proceedings before the Supreme Court of California and the federal courts”.
The HCRC currently has vacancies for both staff attorneys and habeas corpus counsel. From the PSJD job listing:
The Habeas Corpus Resource Center (HCRC), located in San Francisco, has an exciting opportunity for attorneys interested in indigent capital defense litigation.
The primary purpose of the HCRC is to provide, through its own staff, direct representation to death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings in state and federal courts and to serve as a resource to private appointed counsel in capital post-conviction proceedings.STAFF ATTORNEY:
Staff attorney is the entry-level classification in the HCRC attorney job series. Under direction, staff attorneys provide representation to indigent death row inmates in habeas corpus proceedings.HABEAS CORPUS COUNSEL:
Habeas corpus counsel is the journey-level classification in the attorney job series. In addition to providing representation to indigent death row inmates in habeas corpus proceedings, habeas corpus counsel provides lead direction to and reviews the work of assigned staff, serves as consultant, and performs specialized legal work.Travel may be required both within California and out-of-state.
The deadline is January 31, 2013. For more information on qualifications and application instructions, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).