Job o' the Day: Justice in Miss-iss-ippi!
By Lauren Forbes
It is about time we head back down south! The Mississippi Center for Justice seeks to hire a Managing Attorney for our soon to be opened Delta office in Indianola. The Managing Attorney will lead the launch of the new office and will supervise an initial staff of four. The Center seeks an experienced leader, manager and attorney whose substantive law focus will be educational opportunity.
The Center is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice statewide. Our lawyers work with community leaders to support their social justice campaigns and to channel the energies of the legal community to combat discrimination and poverty. With offices in Jackson and Biloxi and a third office soon to open in Indianola, we seek systemic solutions that promote educational opportunity, protect the rights of consumers, secure access to health care and child care, and put affordable housing within the reach of all Mississippians.
Job Responsibilities:
As a full-time employee, based in Indianola and reporting to the Advocacy Director, the Managing Attorney will lead and oversee the operations of the Delta office and will supervise an initial staff of four. The Managing Attorney will lead the office’s work in all of the Center’s program areas, with a particular focus at the outset on the Center’s work in the areas of educational opportunity and access to health care. The Managing Attorney’s substantive law concentration will be on improving public education statewide, with goals and activities that include:
- Narrowing the achievement gap and racial and economic class disparities in Mississippi’s public education system;
- Increasing parental and community engagement in the public school system;
- Using legal, policy and media advocacy to combat inequitable practices regarding special education and school discipline;
- Tracking school closings around the state and targeting high performing, predominantly African-American schools for organizing and advocacy strategies; and
- Providing legal and policy support to statewide coalitions advocating for adequate and equitable school funding.
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