Description:

Description:
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is a non-profit legal services organization, the community-based clinical program for U.C. Berkeley Law School, and one of the Bay Area's largest and most effective system disrupters. With a dual service and teaching mission, EBCLC is a racial justice organization committed to building a culturally diverse workplace, centered on equity. With about 50 staff, 100 clinical law students a year, and a $7 million annual budget, EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services in Alameda County, providing multimodal, collaborative, and holistic legal services to over 4,000 clients annually and engaging in legislative and policy advocacy at the state and local level.

EBCLC's Education Defense and Justice for Youth (EDJY) Program, the umbrella program for the Youth Defender Clinic and Education Justice Clinic, provides holistic legal representation to youth in Alameda County, CA. We combine legal advocacy and social work to disrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline.” The team strives to uplift the voices and rights of young people – particularly young people of color – through holistic legal representation in Alameda County, local and statewide policy advocacy, and community engagement.

The Opportunity:
We are hiring a Staff Attorney/Clinical Supervisor to join our dynamic EDJY Program team. The Staff Attorney/Clinical Supervisor will represent Alameda County youth in school discipline matters, represent youth and adult clients in juvenile record-sealing cases, and engage in local and state systems change efforts to improve youth-serving public systems.

The Staff Attorney will also be a Clinical Supervisor affiliated with Berkeley Law's clinical. This means that, in addition to working directly with clients, they will co-teach a Berkeley Law clinical seminar each semester, supervise law students and receive a partial appointment as a UC Berkeley Lecturer.

Due to this dual role of legal advocacy and clinical teaching, EDJY attorneys carry a lower client caseload than typical legal aid attorneys.

The ideal candidate is committed to pursuing racial justice and community healing, enthusiastic about engaging in interdisciplinary advocacy in which the lawyer does not always lead, and eager to train the next generation of social justice lawyers. The Staff Attorney/Clinical Supervisor may be eligible for a Senior Staff Attorney title if they complete EBCLC's requirements for “senior status” (see below for more details).

Primary Responsibilities:

Represent students in school district expulsions and expulsion appeals, limited related special education matters, and district and state administrative complaints
Represent youth and adult clients in juvenile record sealing cases in juvenile court
Teach, train, and supervise Berkeley Law clinical students and summer law student interns
Attend in-person client appointments, court proceedings, and engage in-person fieldwork to support our clients. Fieldwork typically includes visits to our youth clients' homes, schools, juvenile detention facilities, and public spaces such as parks and libraries
Partner with the Alameda County Public Defender's Office and other juvenile defense attorneys to advocate for clients in juvenile court
Engage with community partners and statewide coalitions to confront the criminalization and incarceration of youth, school push-out practices, civil rights violations, and the school-prison nexus more broadly
Complete case management tasks
Additional projects as assigned by the EDJY Program Co-Directors

Salary and benefits:
Starting salary for this full-time exempt position is $85,000 - $103,000 based on the applicant's law school graduation date, as dictated by the EBCLC salary scale. This is a bargaining unit position. Applicants interested in a senior status title must complete the requirements outlined in the 2023-25 EBCLC Collective Bargaining Agreement during their initial employment at EBCLC before attaining senior status.

Benefits include fully paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for employees and their dependents, life and disability insurance, and generous paid leave (vacation, sick, and holidays); EBCLC also offers flexible spending accounts for qualified health, dependent care, and commute expenditures, and retirement options.

Workplace Expectations:
EBCLC is a hybrid workplace. EDJY staff work in EBCLC's office located on Adeline Street in Berkeley 2-3 days per week. Your supervisor will review EBCLC's Office Use Protocol with you, which outlines the safety protocols employees are expected to follow when using the office.

Application Procedures
Interested applicants should submit an application by visiting https://ebclc.org/about-us/careers/. Applicants must submit a complete application – resume, cover letter, 5-7 page writing sample, and 3 professional references – through the Paylocity platform (linked on EBCLC's website). The position will remain open until filled. EBCLC will review applications and interview candidates on a rolling basis, starting January 19, 2026, and will only review complete applications.

If you need technical assistance to submit your application, please email hr@ebclc.org. Please contact EDJY Program Co-Director Atasi Uppal, auppal@ebclc.org, with any questions about the position.

Working at EBCLC
EBCLC is a unionized workplace and members of the bargaining unit are represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE. (https://ifpte20.org/federal-legal-professionals/)

Additionally, EBCLC is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity and providing an inclusive, welcoming, and culturally responsive environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients. To achieve this goal, EBCLC works actively to improve our office climate, systems and structures, communications, and community engagement to create an inclusive and respectful workplace where differences are acknowledged and valued. We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. EBCLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior contact with the criminal or juvenile legal system, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:

J.D. degree and has taken the California Bar Exam (no later than February 2026)
Professional or personal experience advocating to advance the rights of historically marginalized communities
Strong written and oral advocacy skills
Demonstrated time management, priority-setting, and organizational skills
Ability to use public transit or personal transportation to travel throughout Alameda County as needed for weekly client work and community engagement

Preferred Qualifications: