From the PSJD job posting:

The Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (CJDC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring excellence in juvenile defense and advocacy, and justice for all children and youth in Colorado. CJDC is a strong advocate for the right to counsel and strives to elevate the practice of juvenile defense by presenting continuing legal education seminars and developing materials for juvenile defenders. CJDC seeks to protect the rights and improve the treatment of children and youth in the juvenile justice system through non-partisan research, policy advocacy, and organizing. We believe in promoting the strengths and success of youth while holding youth accountable in developmentally appropriate ways that promote justice, healing, and public safety. CJDC, an effective non-profit that is young and growing, is in an exciting period of recent success and organizational development. Our team serves collaboratively with excellence and integrity and we seek an exceptional candidate committed to producing impactful outcomes for youth justice.

Position Overview

CJDC seeks a dynamic and talented Staff Attorney to help implement the juvenile defense and policy programs of the organization under the supervision of the Executive Director. This full-time salaried position with health benefits and paid vacation is based in Denver, Colorado, and has the potential for leadership advancement as the organization grows. Salary is based upon experience, starting at 55k. Periodic night and weekend work is required, as is occasional travel.

Sounds right up your alley? The deadline to apply is July 8, 2013. Be sure to check out the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required) for more information on salary and application instructions.

The Bronx Defenders is an innovative, progressive, holistic defense office in the South Bronx. They are currently seeking an energetic staff attorney with a commitment to social justice to fill an opening in its Civil Action Practice with an August start date.

From the PSJD job posting:

• The Civil Action Practice seeks a staff attorney to provide comprehensive advocacy and representation to help our clients resolve a broad range of civil legal problems such as eviction & barriers to housing, loss of employment licenses, criminal record errors, access to public and disability benefits, forfeiture of property and police misconduct.
• The attorney will work collaboratively with criminal defense and family defense attorneys, advocates and social workers to assess client legal needs.
• The attorney will represent individuals in a range of activities, including negotiations, administrative and judicial proceedings and trials, with a particular concentration in housing court, public benefits and forfeiture proceedings.
• The attorneys also will be involved in community trainings and public education.

The deadline to apply is July 1, 2013. For more information, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).

This job is for our litigation-shy students out there. The Urban Justice Center’s Community Development Project is accepting applications for a 2013 Transactional Legal Fellow.

The Community Development Project strengthens the impact of grassroots organizations in New York City’s low-income and other excluded communities.  Currently, transactional legal services work includes land use, community benefits agreements, nonprofit law, corporate governance, federal income tax exemption, for-profit worker cooperative business structuring, and affordable housing.

Applicants with experience working with, in, or on behalf of community-based organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.  Applicants must either be admitted to the New York Bar, or sitting for the New York Bar not later than July 2014.  Applicants of color and applicants with foreign language abilities, particularly Spanish, are also encouraged to apply.

The deadline to apply is June 13, 2013 (this Thursday!). For more information and application instructions, check out the full job description at PSJD.org (log-in required).

This one’s for our more experienced public interest attorneys. The St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office, located in rural New York is currently accepting applications for a senior level position:

The St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office is seeking an admitted attorney to fill a full time position as Chief Assistant District Attorney.

Duties would include training and supervision of six other attorneys, prosecuting felonies from case review thru trial, frequent court appearances, and outreach.

Duties would also include many and varied administrative responsibilities.

Candidates must be admitted to practice law in New York, have at least ten years of experience, at least five of which has been as a prosecutor. Candidates must have substantial criminal trial experience. Candidates must also possess strong research and writing skills, excellent organizational and time management skills, the ability to work cooperatively in a small office, a valid driver’s license and a cell phone.

The deadline to apply is August 1, 2013. Still interested? Check out the full job description at PSJD.org (log-in required).

Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, a non-profit provider of civil legal assistance to low-income persons in the Charlotte area and Western North Carolina, seeks candidates for Staff Attorney assigned to the Immigrant Justice Program with primary concentration in immigration law.

Here’s a portion of the job description from PSJD.org:

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Human Rights First (HRF) is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington DC. HRF builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. They advance the rights of refugees and U.S. leadership to protect refugees and other vulnerable migrants from a range of human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, violence, and lack of access to protection, by advocating for access to asylum, fair immigration court procedures, and for U.S. compliance with international refugee and human rights law.

HRF is currently seeking applicants for a staff attorney position in the New York-New Jersey area. Here’s a portion of the job description:

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The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) works with partner organizations to deepen their capacity by building strong infrastructure and sophisticated organizing strategies. They catalyze change by tacking critical issues facing low-income communities through campaigns desigend to increase economic justice and civil rights. CPD also regularly partners with leading community organizations, networks, coalitions, labor unions, think tanks and academic institutions to effectuate change.

CPD is seeking applicants for a sponsored 2014-2016 post-graduate fellowship, with possible funding from organizations such as Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Soros, Kirkland Ellis, Liman and other school-specific fellowships. From the PSJD job posting: Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Midwest Innocence Project (MIP), recent studies conservatively estimate that between 2% and 5% of all inmates in America are falsely convicted. Some estimates reach up to 7%. In plain language, these stats mean that somewhere between 2,000 and 7,000 citizens in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas are locked away – sometimes for life – for crimes they did not commit.

MIP is a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to the investigation, litigation and exoneration of wrongfully convicted men and women in six states throughout the region. Founded a decade ago through the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, MIP is a part of the National Innocence Network. The Kansas-City based organization is currently seeking a staff attorney to join its ranks.

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After a brief hiatus, PSJD’s Job o’ the Day is back! And it’s a good one.

If you’re a recent law graduate looking for an out-of-the-ordinary fellowship, this job’s for you! The Center for Indian Law & Policy at Seattle University School of Law has partnered up with the Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA) to develop a project providing estate planning services to BBNA members in the remote Bristol Bay, Alaska area. The 9-month fellowship will begin in September 2013, and the Fellow will travel to villages with BBNA staff to meet with clients. The Fellow will receive supervision from Center personnel and an Alaska Legal Services attorney.

Sounds perfect for you? Keep reading for more information…

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If you’re looking to take your talents to South Beach a la Lebron James, then look no further: the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office is hiring a criminal appellate attorney!

From the PSJD job posting:

MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC DEFENDER CARLOS J. MARTINEZ is seeking attorneys with criminal appellate experience. Salary commensurate with experience. A recent law graduate with significant clinical appellate experience may be considered for a starting salary of $42,000. Must be capable of producing high quality work while maintaining a heavy caseload. Excellent writing and advocacy skills required.

Position has a full range of state benefits: insurance and retirement plan; paid vacation, sick leave and holidays; free tuition for college courses. Deadline May 20, 2013.

For more information, view the full job description at PSJD.org (log-in required).