Description:
The Position:A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm is looking to add an attorney to its team, specifically someone with significant experience (6+ years) specializing in non-profit/exempt organizations law. While attorneys are welcome to bring their own clients, no book of business is required — our primary goal is for an attorney to join and help us build the firm and manage existing work.
A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm advises non-profit organizations of all kinds (and, in some cases, their donors or affiliated companies) on the legal issues that arise by virtue of being a non-profit. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm also acts as “outside general counsel,” providing a lawyer's perspective on all manner of decisions and connecting clients with appropriate resources. As a result, the attorney hired for this position will advise on a wide variety of transactional and compliance matters, including corporate structure and governance, federal tax law and planning, state charitable trust law, grantmaking, and impact investment.
Part of our vision is to empower talented people (attorneys and non-attorneys) to pursue their vision of a career that advances the public good. To that end, the attorney filling this position will have a unique opportunity to grow with the firm, influence what it becomes, and shape their own career.
A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm believes in the value of a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages candidates from historically marginalized groups to apply, including people of color, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender non-conforming, first and second-generation immigrants, and people from low-income families.
Prior Experience
Priority Skills
There are many ways to be excellent, and while we expect everyone to have both strengths and weaknesses, we are looking for excellence in as many of the following skills as possible:
Writing (especially for a non-lawyer audience): Much of our work is writing e-mails providing informal analysis and answers to client questions. Attorneys will also help develop free resources for non-profits through A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm's blog and website.
Attention to Detail: A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm attorneys spend significant time drafting or reviewing governing documents, contracts, and regulatory filings, and it requires a certain mindset to minimize errors.
Legal Analysis: Becoming an expert takes time, but it starts with an analytical and precise approach to answering complex legal questions.
Customer Service: The success of our business relies on customer satisfaction, and keeping clients happy is an essential skill for an attorney in and of itself.
Leadership and Teamwork: In a legal practice, it is easy to default to working alone. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm wants to function as a team to the fullest extent possible and bring the best out of each other.
Utilizing Technology: A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm wants to reduce the cost of legal services to non-profits by leveraging technology; we cannot do that without tech-savvy employees.
Project Management: By the nature of our practice, A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm attorneys often have to juggle a number of projects at the same time, keeping track of various internal and client deadlines and an active inbox. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firmvalues someone who is a self-starter and shows initiative and ownership in their projects to help the team stay sane and on top of our commitments to clients.
Priority Traits
In addition to the above skills, MLC is prioritizing the following traits as it considers candidates for this position:
Kindness: MLC operates on the principle that you cannot do good without being kind. And, even if you can, we are not interested in trying it here.
Idealism: MLC is for attorneys who want to lean into their idealism and imagine how a law firm can be a progressive force, both externally and internally. The goal is to pay everyone well, but impact, rather than profit, will drive many decisions.
Adaptability: MLC is a corporate and transactional practice. It is also a tax practice. Often it is a regulatory and compliance practice. Occasionally, it is a trust practice. And more practice areas may develop. Each MLC attorney may build their own areas of expertise, but we are looking for someone adaptable who enjoys learning and variety.
Energy, Initiative, and Consistency: As a young firm, we look to our attorneys to take an interest in growing the firm and to dependably produce billable hours consistent with reasonable expectations for a 40-hour work week. While our billable hour policy is more employee-friendly than most firms, we do rely on our attorneys to hold themselves accountable for doing their fair share of the work.
A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm advises non-profit organizations of all kinds (and, in some cases, their donors or affiliated companies) on the legal issues that arise by virtue of being a non-profit. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm also acts as “outside general counsel,” providing a lawyer's perspective on all manner of decisions and connecting clients with appropriate resources. As a result, the attorney hired for this position will advise on a wide variety of transactional and compliance matters, including corporate structure and governance, federal tax law and planning, state charitable trust law, grantmaking, and impact investment.
Part of our vision is to empower talented people (attorneys and non-attorneys) to pursue their vision of a career that advances the public good. To that end, the attorney filling this position will have a unique opportunity to grow with the firm, influence what it becomes, and shape their own career.
A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm believes in the value of a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages candidates from historically marginalized groups to apply, including people of color, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender non-conforming, first and second-generation immigrants, and people from low-income families.
Prior Experience
- For this position, significant experience (i.e., six years or more) specializing in non-profit law is strictly required.
- We will prioritize candidates who meet the above requirement. If that requirement is met, we will also evaluate any significant legal or non-legal work experience in areas directly relevant to our current practice or the potential to supplement our practice over time.
Priority Skills
There are many ways to be excellent, and while we expect everyone to have both strengths and weaknesses, we are looking for excellence in as many of the following skills as possible:
Writing (especially for a non-lawyer audience): Much of our work is writing e-mails providing informal analysis and answers to client questions. Attorneys will also help develop free resources for non-profits through A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm's blog and website.
Attention to Detail: A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm attorneys spend significant time drafting or reviewing governing documents, contracts, and regulatory filings, and it requires a certain mindset to minimize errors.
Legal Analysis: Becoming an expert takes time, but it starts with an analytical and precise approach to answering complex legal questions.
Customer Service: The success of our business relies on customer satisfaction, and keeping clients happy is an essential skill for an attorney in and of itself.
Leadership and Teamwork: In a legal practice, it is easy to default to working alone. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm wants to function as a team to the fullest extent possible and bring the best out of each other.
Utilizing Technology: A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm wants to reduce the cost of legal services to non-profits by leveraging technology; we cannot do that without tech-savvy employees.
Project Management: By the nature of our practice, A New, Fast-Growing Law Firm attorneys often have to juggle a number of projects at the same time, keeping track of various internal and client deadlines and an active inbox. A New, Fast-Growing Law Firmvalues someone who is a self-starter and shows initiative and ownership in their projects to help the team stay sane and on top of our commitments to clients.
Priority Traits
In addition to the above skills, MLC is prioritizing the following traits as it considers candidates for this position:
Kindness: MLC operates on the principle that you cannot do good without being kind. And, even if you can, we are not interested in trying it here.
Idealism: MLC is for attorneys who want to lean into their idealism and imagine how a law firm can be a progressive force, both externally and internally. The goal is to pay everyone well, but impact, rather than profit, will drive many decisions.
Adaptability: MLC is a corporate and transactional practice. It is also a tax practice. Often it is a regulatory and compliance practice. Occasionally, it is a trust practice. And more practice areas may develop. Each MLC attorney may build their own areas of expertise, but we are looking for someone adaptable who enjoys learning and variety.
Energy, Initiative, and Consistency: As a young firm, we look to our attorneys to take an interest in growing the firm and to dependably produce billable hours consistent with reasonable expectations for a 40-hour work week. While our billable hour policy is more employee-friendly than most firms, we do rely on our attorneys to hold themselves accountable for doing their fair share of the work.
