Muslim Advocates (MA)—a national legal-advocacy, social-justice, and educational organization—seeks applications from talented and motivated attorneys wishing to join our growing legal team as a senior staff attorney.
Status: Full time
Classification: Exempt
Location: MA’s staff works remotely within the United States, with most of the team based on the East Coast. Periodic domestic travel for staff gatherings, court appearances, case development, fundraising events, and other professional reasons is required.
Reports to: Legal Director
Background:
MA’s movement-centered mission works with and for diverse Muslim and historically marginalized communities to build community power, fight systemic oppression, and demand shared wellbeing. We work in coalition with grassroots and community-based partners to dismantle discriminatory systems, including systems of state surveillance, mass incarceration, detention and deportation, and family regulation. We also work to defend movements from targeted state repression related to their principled dissent. Recognizing the limitations of any singular strategy, we use a combination of public education, policy work, systemic-change litigation, direct legal services, and technical assistance to movement leaders and community-based partners.
The senior staff attorney will report to the legal director and play a key role in our litigation and advocacy across all areas of our work.
Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Qualifications:
Success as a senior staff attorney requires the following:
In addition, 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, be fluent in oral and written English, and be willing and able to travel as the demands of the position require.
Additional/Preferred Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
Equal-Opportunity Employment
MA is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Black, indigenous, and other people of color, people with disabilities, individuals with diverse traditions and beliefs (non-religious or religious), people with any gender identity or expression, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived experience of economic struggle are strongly encouraged to apply.
Salary and Compensation: The salary is commensurate with experience. The preferred range of experience is seven plus years of legal practice. 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 $110,000 – 130,000. Muslim Advocates offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.