Overview
We are seeking a full-time, entry-level paralegal to join our active litigation program and support our commitment to government accountability and social justice for children, with a start date in June 2021.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this position will initially be remote, and it is currently contemplated that Childrens Rights staff will return to our offices in lower Manhattan in September 2021.Childrens Rights is a leading national childrens advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children. Every day, children are harmed by Americas broken child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and health care systems. These systems disproportionately harm children of color, LGBTQ/TGNC, and other minority youth. Through relentless strategic advocacy and legal action, Childrens Rights holds governments accountable for keeping kids safe and healthy. We use civil rights impact litigation, policy expertise, and public education to create lasting systemic change. The core strength of our national advocacy program has been the grassroots development and highly skilled litigation of reform campaigns to address dangerous systemic failings in child welfare systems across the country. We have built on this core strength to expand the populations of the vulnerable children we fight to protect, leverage change across multiple sectors that service children, create deep partnerships with other non-profits and the private bar in our work, and sharpen our reform strategies.Additional areas of reform include attacking the pervasive practice of administering powerful and dangerous psychotropic drugs to children in foster care without adequate controls and oversight, the systemic discrimination against LGBTQ/TGNC youth in custodial settings, the failure to provide adequate mental health and physical health services to vulnerable children, the unjust treatment of unaccompanied minors, the inhumane treatment of incarcerated youth, and the grave outcomes for older youth aging out of government systems. We are keenly aware of the intersectionality that renders specific youth populations even more vulnerable to systemic failure.Experience and Qualifications Required:Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. Applicants who hold a Masters or J.D. will not be consideredApplicants must be prepared to make a two-year commitmentOutstanding organizational, writing, interpersonal, and communication skillsProactive approach to professional dutiesA team-oriented mindset and strong work ethic, along with a healthy sense of humorFlexibility and willingness to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks and projectsAbility to work well under pressure as well as to work overtime, including evenings and weekends when requiredAbility to manage time and tasks independently, problem-solve, and multi-taskAbility to build and maintain relationships internally with staff at all levels as well as externally with a wide array of stakeholders, partners, and allies with diverse backgroundsExceptional computer and technical skills (including Microsoft Office).Commitment to reform on behalf of childrenKnowledge of childrens issues, social services, social justice, civil rights, racial justice, LGBTQ issues, juvenile justice and/or other areas of our work is a plus. Applicants with prior personal involvement in the systems we fight to improve and/or with other diverse life experiences and perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.For more information, please visit our website: :Prepare and execute filings of a variety of legal documents, including briefs, motions, court forms, petitions, subpoenas, and discovery documentsMaintain electronic and paper case files, including pleadings, correspondence, discovery, and other materialsCommunicate/coordinate with court personnel, co-counsel, partner organizations, etc.Draft correspondence, declarations, notices, and various court/legal documentsManage logistics for depositions, oral arguments, court hearings, and other eventsAssist attorneys with research, including cite checking and Internet searches;Support various investigatory, research, advocacy, and case-related projects as needed;Take meeting minutes, assist with scheduling, update website case pages, help with word processing, and carry out other general clerical and administrative duties.To Apply:Please save your cover letter, official or unofficial transcript and contact information for two professional or academic references as one file and upload to the cover Letter upload field and upload your resume to the resume upload field via childrensrights.bamboohr.com/jobs/ by February 8, 2021.For any additional questions you may have regarding this position, you may send an email to Luna Floyd, hiring lead.We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled and plan to conduct interviews beginning immediately. Due to the high volume of submissions, only applicants of interest will be contacted.Childrens Rights is an equal employment opportunity employer, and women, people of color, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people, people with disabilities, and people with unique lived experience or diverse professional or personal backgrounds and perspectives are encouraged to apply.We are seeking a full-time, entry-level paralegal to join our active litigation program and support our commitment to government accountability and social justice for children.Childrens Rights is a leading national childrens advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children. Every day, children are harmed by Americas broken child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and health care systems. These systems disproportionately harm children of color, LGBTQ/TGNC, and other minority youth. Through relentless strategic advocacy and legal action, Childrens Rights holds governments accountable for keeping kids safe and healthy. We use civil rights impact litigation, policy expertise, and public education to create lasting systemic change. The core strength of our national advocacy program has been the grassroots development and highly skilled litigation of reform campaigns to address dangerous systemic failings in child welfare systems across the country. We have built on this core strength to expand the populations of the vulnerable children we fight to protect, leverage change across multiple sectors that service children, create deep partnerships with other non-profits and the private bar in our work, and sharpen our reform strategies.Additional areas of reform include attacking the pervasive practice of administering powerful and dangerous psychotropic drugs to children in foster care without adequate controls and oversight, the systemic discrimination against LGBTQ/TGNC youth in custodial settings, the failure to provide adequate mental health and physical health services to vulnerable children, the unjust treatment of unaccompanied minors, the inhumane treatment of incarcerated youth, and the grave outcomes for older youth aging out of government systems. We are keenly aware of the intersectionality that renders specific youth populations even more vulnerable to systemic failure.Experience and Qualifications Required:Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. Applicants who hold a Masters or J.D. will not be consideredApplicants must be prepared to make a two-year commitmentOutstanding organizational, writing, interpersonal, and communication skillsProactive approach to professional dutiesA team-oriented mindset and strong work ethic, along with a healthy sense of humorFlexibility and willingness to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks and projectsAbility to work well under pressure as well as to work overtime, including evenings and weekends when requiredAbility to manage time and tasks independently, problem-solve, and multi-taskAbility to build and maintain relationships internally with staff at all levels as well as externally with a wide array of stakeholders, partners and allies with diverse backgroundsExceptional computer and technical skills (including Microsoft Office).Commitment to reform on behalf of childrenKnowledge of childrens issues, social services, social justice, civil rights, racial justice, LGBTQ issues, juvenile justice and/or other areas of our work is a plus.Applicants with prior personal involvement in the systems we fight to improve and/or with other diverse life experiences and perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.For more information, please visit our website: :Prepare and execute filings of a variety of legal documents, including briefs, motions, court forms, petitions, subpoenas, and discovery documentsMaintain electronic and paper case files, including pleadings, correspondence, discovery, and other materialsCommunicate/coordinate with court personnel, co-counsel, partner organizations, etc.Draft correspondence, declarations, notices, and various court/legal documentsManage logistics for depositions, oral arguments, court hearings, and other eventsAssist attorneys with research, including cite checking and Internet searches;Support various investigatory, research, advocacy, and case-related projects as needed;Take meeting minutes, assist with scheduling, update website case pages, help with word processing, and carry out other general clerical and administrative duties.Paralegals may be asked to perform other duties as required by organizational needs.Physical and Travel Requirements:Prolonged periods sitting and/or standing at a desk and working on a computer.Some travel may be required.Childrens Rights is an equal employment opportunity employer, and women,people of color, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people, people with disabilities….. click apply for full job details
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