Legal Director, Jurisprudence
Company: Democracyforward
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Democracy Forward seeks an exceptional lawyer and leader to
serve as a strategic partner in leading and growing its legal team.
The Legal Director, Jurisprudence will join two other Legal
Directors (Legal Director, States and Legal Director, Regulatory
and Administrative Law) and the Director of People and Practice
Management in the management and strategic leadership of Democracy
Forward's legal team. Reporting to the President and CEO, the Legal
Director will supervise legal cases and filings undertaken by
Democracy Forward as well as the development of new litigation
matters and activities. The Legal Director, Jurisprudence will be
responsible for driving strategies to further the organization's
activities in addressing concerning jurisprudential trends and
working to further positive legal theory development.
Responsibilities
- Provides supervision of substantive legal matters (which
includes affirmative litigation and interventions, regulatory
comments, and amicus briefing) and ensures that all legal work
filed or undertaken by Democracy Forward meets the highest
standards of excellence.
- Develops strategic recommendations for consideration by the CEO
and organizational teams to further enhance the Legal Division's
contributions to the impact and mission of Democracy Forward,
including developing ideas and recommendations for case and matter
engagement.
- Builds affirmative litigation strategies and other legal
strategies.
- Engages and collaborates with all Divisions of the organization
and the Executive Office, including facilitating collaboration
between the Legal Division and other Divisions and
Offices.
- Works with the Director of Strategic Initiatives and External
Affairs and the Executive Office to build and facilitate
relationships for the organization and manage certain
relationships.
- With the Director of People and Practice Management and the
other two Legal Directors, facilitates a culture of belonging and
inclusion among the Legal Division and its members as well as among
the organization as a whole.
- With the Director of People and Practice Management and the
other two Legal Directors, facilitates the administrative and
managerial operations of the Legal Department, including providing
administrative supervision to one-third of lawyers in the Legal
Division, regularly checking-in and providing support, considering
requests for vacation/personal time, and modeling a mindset that is
focused on staff development and engagement.
- Works with the Director of Oversight and Engagement to monitor
the development of legal doctrines in federal and state courts and
develop strategies to build awareness with partner
organizations.
- With the Director of People and Practice Management and the
other two Legal Directors, maintains accurate information regarding
Legal Division activities, impact and trend measures.
- Makes recommendations and implements strategies enabling
Democracy Forward to assist the broader progressive community in
addressing concerning jurisprudential trends.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in good standing in the bar of the District
of Columbia, or membership in good standing in another state bar
with the ability to become admitted in D.C.
- 10+ years active litigation experience, including significant
experience and demonstrated excellence developing legal strategy,
supervising affirmative litigation and/or appeals, hearings and
arguments, writing and editing complex pleadings and
briefs.
- Demonstrated ability to think creatively and craft legal
strategies to address difficult and complex social
problems.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with
legal, academic, government and nonprofit networks, build
coalitions, and develop strong client and stakeholder
relationships.
- Demonstrated excellence in performing and supervising legal
research and drafting legal documents (including court filings such
as complaints, dispositive motions, and appeals, and/or regulatory
filings such as comments and petitions for rulemaking), in a
professional, timely, and self-directed manner.
- Ability to be a thought-leader.
- Familiarity with legal doctrines applicable to litigation
and/or regulatory advocacy involving federal and/or state
governments.
- Experience developing affirmative litigation in state and/or
federal courts, including researching potential theories,
developing potential clients, and building factual
records.
- Ability to become proficient in new issue areas and contribute
to creative, rigorous, analytical approaches to address
them.
- Ability to juggle multiple matters for different stakeholders
in a highly collaborative environment; must be able to work well
both independently and in a team environment.
- Nimble and collaborative team-player with a growth mindset, who
is comfortable with change and has ability to lead and operate with
ambiguity.
- Demonstrated and significant experience in managing and leading
diverse teams in a matrixed structure.
- Well-developed collaborative and interpersonal skills including
demonstrated self-awareness, commitment to diversity and
inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders
across diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Commitment to workplace inclusion and ability to contribute
affirmatively to a just and equitable workplace culture.
Democracy Forward provides a competitive, lockstep and transparent
compensation and benefits package. The salary range for the Legal
Director is $225,000-$235,000.
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