Legal Fellow

Summary

Join Muslim Advocates (MA), a national legal-advocacy organization, as a Legal Fellow for a two-year placement. This full-time, exempt position involves supporting litigation and advocacy work, including legal research, drafting pleadings, and developing relationships with partners. The ideal candidate is a recent law school graduate with strong legal research and writing skills, a commitment to social justice, and interest in MA's mission. The position requires a J.D. from an accredited law school, bar admission, and fluency in English. Domestic travel is required. MA offers a generous benefits package and a salary commensurate with experience, within the range of $75,000-$95,000.

Requirements

• A recent graduate from an accredited law school (0-3 years out of law school)
• Strong legal research and writing skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Firm commitment to social justice as demonstrated through course-work, clinical studies in law school, and/or lived experiences
• Interest in MA’s mission and thematic areas of focus, e.g., immigration detention-and-deportation system, students’ rights under the First Amendment and under Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, prisoners’ rights and carceral abolition, weaponization of national security frameworks, low-wage workers’ rights, etc
• Interest in movement-, community-, and client-centered lawyering approaches
• Sound professional judgment, critical-thinking skills, and self-motivation
• Ability to receive and implement feedback effectively
• Sense of humor
• Candidates should have a J.D. from an accredited university, be admitted in good standing to the bar of any state and/or the District of Columbia or in the process of obtaining admission, be fluent in oral and written English, and be willing and able to travel as the demands of the position require

Responsibilities

• Support litigation and advocacy work, including but not limited to: conducting legal research; helping to develop and draft pleadings, motions, briefs, and other advocacy materials as appropriate, including Know Your Rights (KYR) guidance
• Help MA develop and expand its relationships with grassroots and organizational partners and related, shared advocacy
• Participate in ongoing advocacy coalitions
• Support the legal team in screening and following up on intakes
• Other legal-advocacy tasks as identified and assigned by the legal team in line with MA’s expanding litigation docket

Preferred Qualifications

The preferred range of experience is 0-3 years of legal practice

Benefits

• The salary is commensurate with experience
• This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit and specific employment terms and conditions are subject to collective bargaining
• The expected salary range is $75,000 - 95,000
• Muslim Advocates offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package