Description:

Position Description:
A Non-Profit Organizations is currently hiring an Education Justice Staff Attorney with 0-3 years of experience to work under the Legal Director. The Staff Attorney serves a key role in the OK Appleseed legal team by carrying out our mission through research, investigation, drafting memorandum and legal policy briefs, supporting the development of legal theories, and assisting in litigation.

The Education Justice Staff Attorney will have excellent research, writing, and oral advocacy skills. The Education Justice Staff Attorney must also be adept at managing up to elevate issues and legal theories that have otherwise not been advanced. Strong interpersonal skills are necessary to assist in policy discussions with non-legal staff at OK Appleseed. The Staff Attorney will report directly to the Legal Director and work in close collaboration with the entire legal department staff. This position is litigation focused, but may include legal analysis and investigation to support non-litigation policy efforts.

Duties Will Include:

To undertake research, writing and oral advocacy in the areas of education justice impact litigation.
To draft pleadings, letters, memorandum of law, briefings for lawyers and lay people alike, and assist in drafting policy briefs.
To collaborate with non-legal department staff to further the mission and objectives of OK Appleseed's education justice work.
Supporting community organizing staff in coalition building, informing coalition partners on research outcomes, and collaborating to build community power behind research recommendations.
To benchmark work of other Appleseed centers and assess litigation/issue viability for Oklahoma.
Any other relevant project work that position has capacity and expertise for that is needed to further the mission of the organization.

Required Qualifications:

A Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
Active Bar License in the State of Oklahoma

Desired Qualifications:

Relevant litigation experience
Demonstrated ability to distill complicated legal issues into plain language
Experience coordinating pro bono or community partnerships

Required Skills and Knowledge:

Commitment to excellence and timeliness
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong public speaking and presentation skills
Strong leadership, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills
Commitment to collaboration within an interdisciplinary team

Desired Skills And Knowledge:

Flexibility and ability to adapt and learn new areas of law quickly
Knowledge of Oklahoma's legal and policy landscape
Willingness to push individual knowledge boundaries and specific focus areas and work through the discomfort of not knowing everything all at once.

Position Details:
This position will report to the Legal Director. Some In-state/out-of-state travel is expected. The salary for this position is $60,000-70,000 plus benefits per year, commensurate with experience.

This position is for an Education Justice Staff Attorney to assist in all litigation currently pending and litigation yet-forthcoming. However, this position is expected to become an expert on matters of education justice within the public school system and effectively advocate for reform to the education system. The focus will be on voucher reforms and access to free, adequate public education.