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Attorney
Position
Opening
at
ACLU
National
Drug
Policy
Litigation
Project
7/14/00
The American Civil Liberties
Union Foundation invites applications for a staff attorney position in
the New Haven Office of the National Drug Policy Litigation Project.
The Project has a active litigation docket in federal courts across the
nation, with cases challenging restrictions on medical marijuana, the denial
of voting rights and drug testing of students and welfare applicants.
The Project also provides legal support to drug reform efforts at the local,
state and national levels.
The staff attorney will be
responsible for significant federal court litigation on drug policy issues.
The work will include district and circuit court litigation, discovery
and motion practice, appellate briefs and arguments, occasional trials
and policy analysis. The staff attorney will also work frequently
with ACLU state affiliates and pro bono counsel, providing litigation assistance
and advice on legislative and policy matters. The staff attorney
should be able to speak publicly and to represent the ACLU's drug policy
positions to the media and the public. The job includes supervision
of student interns and law clerks and may require occasional work on foundation
proposals and reports. A willingness to travel is necessary.
Familiarity with constitutional,
civil rights and drug policy reform is desirable; commitment to those issues
is essential. Excellent analytic skills and the ability to write
and speak clearly are required. Applicants should have at least three
years litigation experience, preferably in the constitutional and civil
rights area.
Salary is governed by the
national ACLU scale for lawyers, which is based on years out of law school.
Health and welfare benefits are provided. Applications are due by
August 1, 2000. Applicants should send a cover letter, a resume with
three references and one substantial legal writing sample to: Graham
Boyd, ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project, 160 Foster Street, 3rd floor,
New Haven, CT 06511.
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Issue #145, 7/14/00
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