Description:
Background: The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is a high-impact, national nonprofit veterans service organization based in Arlington, Virginia. Since 1981, NVLSP's mission has been to ensure that the U.S. government delivers to our nation's veterans, active-duty personnel, and their families the benefits they have earned due to disabilities resulting from their military service.NVLSP provides legal representation at no cost to veterans and surviving family members before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) and other federal courts and agencies. The organization also serves as lead or amicus counsel in impact litigation nationwide, trains hundreds of attorneys and advocates in veterans and military law, and publishes the Veterans Benefits Manual—the nation's first and leading veterans law treatise.
Position Overview: NVLSP seeks a full-time litigation attorney to assist NVLSP's attorneys in representing veterans in a variety of class actions and other law reform litigation and projects. The staff attorney will perform a variety of duties including:
Assist in case screening and development, including factual research, legal research, and information gathering and analysis.
Handle or work on litigation teams on matters at all stages of administrative adjudication or litigation. This includes, among other responsibilities, communicating with clients, drafting legal memoranda and briefs, negotiating with agency officials and opposing counsel, and conducting oral argument as needed.
Conduct research related to developing NVLSP policy positions and submitting comments on agency proposed rules.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Attorney in good standing and admitted to practice law in any state.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with comfort handling significant client interaction by phone and email.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously under deadline, with excellent attention to detail and recordkeeping.
- Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills.
- 1-2 years of experience in veterans' law and/or administrative law, especially matters involving federal government agencies as a party, strongly preferred. Experience can include time in a law school clinic or as a paralegal or judicial clerk.
Opening/Closing Date: Available immediately; closes when filled.
Approved Remote Work Locations:
NVLSP currently authorizes hiring from the following states (25): Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (excluding Chicago), Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York (excluding New York City), North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.
Salary and Benefits: $72,000 to $80,000, depending on experience. This salary is based on an employee living in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Pay may be adjusted for locality where hire is located.
NVLSP provides a generous benefits program, including: a retirement plan; medical health insurance or, depending on employee location, partial or full reimbursement of individual health plans bought through a state insurance marketplace; a health care reimbursement account with yearly contributions from NVLSP; employee assistance program at no cost to the employee; and generous paid vacation and sick leave, compensatory time, and 14 paid holiday days per year.
Applications: A cover letter, resume, and list of three references should be e-mailed to Renee Burbank, Director of Litigation, at renee.burbank@nvlsp.org.
All applications will be reviewed in confidence. NVLSP is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $72,000.00 per year