Job Opportunities - Midwest

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) | Director of Advocacy (Toledo, Dayton, or Defiance, OH) [$95,000 - $130,000]

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) seeks a progressive leader with a commitment to justice for all and to inclusive communities, an interest in aggressively pursuing results for clients, and a strong vision for the future of legal services, to serve as its Director of Advocacy. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced attorney and effective advocate committed to equal justice. This position can be based out of ABLE’s Dayton, Toledo, or Defiance office. OUF.

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) | Staff Attorney – Education (Dayton, OH) [$58,000 - $83,000]

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE), a non-profit regional law firm that provides high quality legal assistance to low-income people in western Ohio, seeks a resourceful, culturally competent, hardworking attorney to serve parents and children as part of our Meaningful and Appropriate Education Practice Group. This position is in ABLE’s Dayton office. OUF.

American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas | Legal Director (Overland Park or Wichita, KS) [$90,000]

The ACLU of Kansas seeks a visionary, dynamic, creative, self-motivated team player to serve as its Legal Director.  This senior-level position will lead the organization’s statewide program of impact-oriented litigation and legal advocacy. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the position may be based either at the ACLU of Kansas’s primary office in Overland Park or at a new site in Wichita. This position involves some travel to communities around the state, including to state and federal courthouses.  This is a management position, with current supervisory responsibility for three full-time employees in addition to legal fellows, legal interns, and legal volunteers. OUF.

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan | West Michigan Legal Fellow (Grand Rapids, MI) [$62,000]

This two-year position in the ACLU’s western regional office in Grand Rapids starts in fall 2024 and is designed to provide emerging social justice leaders with excellent training and experience in impact litigation and integrated advocacy. The ACLU is committed to developing the next generation of civil rights leaders, recognizes that talent comes from a variety of backgrounds, and has created this position to develop the talent of that next generation. The fellow will help develop and litigate cases at the trial and appellate level in state and federal courts on a wide variety of cutting-edge civil liberties and civil rights issues. OUF. 

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. | Senior Counsel/Project Director, Economic Justice (Chicago, IL) [$80,000 - $110,000]

The Senior Counsel/Project Director position is an exciting opportunity for an attorney with policy advocacy and transactional experience who can bring vision, talent, and enthusiasm to the role at a time when investment and economic development in communities of color is needed more than ever. Candidates should have experience representing nonprofits and small businesses in corporate transactional matters, and an understanding of how policy advocacy for equitable community development can be used to address historic disinvestment in communities of color and lack of access to capital for small businesses. Candidates should also have a strong commitment to community lawyering and be able to share examples of relationship building and collaboration with community-based partners. The Senior Counsel/Project Director must demonstrate a passion for racial equity, community empowerment, and economic justice and possess the skills needed to be a successful advocate, as well as an effective manager of people and projects. The Senior Counsel will report to and work closely with the Chief Counsel. OUF. 

Indo-American Center | Supervisory Attorney (Chicago, IL) [$65,000 - $80,000]

Located on Devon Ave, at the heart of “Little India” in the West Ridge neighborhood, the Indo-American Center connects community members to resources and opportunities through direct service, outreach, education, access, and advocacy. We are now hiring a full-time Supervisory Attorney to manage the immigration legal program! The Supervisory Attorney will be responsible for supervising and training legal staff, managing an individual caseload, and ensuring legal grant compliance in partnership with the Department Manager. The Supervisory Attorney will report directly to the Executive Director. This is a great step up for an attorney with 1-3 years of experience to get supervising experience and the opportunity to work in a supportive environment at a grassroots organization. Bilingual in any language is a plus, but not required. See posting for details. OUF.

Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. (LAWO) | Supervising Attorney-Special Projects (Toledo, OH) [$74,123 - $99,000]

Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. (LAWO), a non-profit law firm that provides free legal help in civil legal matters to eligible individuals and groups in western Ohio, seeks a supervising attorney for the Special Projects practice group in the Toledo office. OUF.

Raise The Floor Alliance | Staff Attorney (Chicago, IL) [$70,000 - $75,000]

Raise the Floor Alliance’s legal department specializes in areas of the law that are of special concern to excluded and exploited workers, including among others, workplace sexual violence, immigration protections for workers engaged in labor disputes, and expanding opportunities for workers with criminal records. RTF’s litigation practice concentrates heavily on wage and hour cases, but also expands into discrimination and other labor and employment cases. The Staff Attorney will be responsible for managing a substantial docket of cases in these areas, with special emphasis on the interaction of labor/employment law and the criminal legal system, including expungement and sealing of criminal records for worker center members.

Upper Seven Law | Litigation Director (Helena, MO) [$92,000+]

Upper Seven Law is a Montana-based nonprofit law firm dedicated to holding the powerful accountable. We believe that creativity and innovation in law is essential to advancing social justice and public interest objectives. This firm takes smart risks and invests the time necessary to build foundations for long-term accountability work. We seek a creative and experienced litigator to join our team as the incoming Litigation Director. In this role, you will help shape Upper Seven’s litigation strategy, oversee a team of between three and six staff attorneys and legal fellows, manage and direct day-to-day litigation tasks, and collaborate closely with the Executive Director.  Ideal candidates have experience with brief writing, complaint development, discovery, building client relationships, and litigating claims for declaratory and injunctive relief. A generalist or constitutional background is particularly welcome, but not required. OUF.

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