Job o’ the Day: Director of the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project in Durham, North Carolina
From the PSJD job posting:
The Capital Punishment Project (CPP) of the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking applicants for a full-time Project Director to work in its Durham, North Carolina office. The effective hire date will be on or about October 1, 2013.
The Capital Punishment Project is part of the ACLU’s Center for Justice, which is leading the ACLU’s effort to transform our nation’s criminal justice system and end mass incarceration. The Center works to ensure that our criminal justice system is effective, fair, and free of racial bias; that conditions of confinement are humane and constitutional; and that the death penalty is rejected as a legitimate form of punishment. The Center for Justice also includes the Criminal Law Reform Project and the National Prison Project.
The mission of the Capital Punishment Project (CPP) is to end the death penalty across the nation. Through direct representation of capital defendants whose cases highlight the unfairness of capital punishment, as well as through other strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and mentoring and training programs for capital defense teams, CPP promotes both abolition and systemic reform of the death penalty process.
The Director of the Capital Punishment Project leads a staff that includes three full-time litigators, a mitigation specialist, a paralegal, an office manager, and one or more legal fellows. In addition, the Capital Punishment Project works closely with ACLU affiliates across the country, as well as the ACLU’s Communications Department, its Washington Legislative Office, and policy and advocacy experts affiliated with the Center for Justice.
The Director of the Project reports to the Director of the Center for Justice.
The application deadline is September 4, 2013. For more information, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).