Overview
This role establishes and leads a new legal department within a survivor-led nonprofit working to end forced and child marriage in the United States. The Legal Director ensures survivors—women, girls, LGBTQ individuals, and others—receive crucial, free legal representation to help them avoid, escape from, and rebuild after forced and child marriage.
The Legal Director reports to the Executive Director and receives mentorship as needed from an experienced family attorney and an experienced immigration attorney, along with extensive training on forced and child marriage.
Responsibilities
- Represent New Jersey-based survivors of forced and child marriage in:
- Family court proceedings
- Immigration proceedings
- Ancillary civil legal matters (~75% of time)
- Coordinate the organization’s volunteer legal team and arrange pro bono legal representation for clients across the U.S.
- Manage a paralegal
- Develop protocols and best practices for the nascent legal department
Requirements
- Admitted to the New Jersey State Bar
- At least seven years of family law experience
- Compassionate, patient, and nonjudgmental
- Detail oriented and highly organized
- Adept at working independently
Preferred Qualifications
Not required, but candidates may be given extra consideration for:
- Immigration law experience
- Experience working for a social justice nonprofit organization
- Fluency in Arabic, Hindi and/or Urdu
- Admission also to the New York State Bar
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation includes:
- Salary of $140,000
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- High-quality health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account so you can pay certain health and commuter costs pre-tax
- Remote work
- Generous paid time off, including parental leave
- Solid work-life balance (the workday ends at 5:00 p.m. — and earlier on Fridays — except in emergencies)
- Monthly art therapy sessions with the team
- United Nations grounds pass
Location
Remote. In-person work is limited to court appearances, some client meetings, monthly art therapy sessions with the team, and occasional events.