Verainstituteofjustice

Verainstituteofjustice

Associate General Counsel, Legal

Brooklyn, New York · Exec · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$118k-$121kDetected 89 days ago
Project ManagementLogisticsEmployment LawResearchProblem SolvingWritingMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • As an experienced attorney, the Associate General Counsel will be expected to assist the CLO and DGC in larger projects, both through coordinating projects and through creation and execution of legal elements of long-term projects.
  • Accordingly, applicants for this role should be comfortable coordinating processes across teams, particularly from a "second chair" perspective.
  • This position will be based in Vera's New York office, in Industry City, Brooklyn.

Requirements

  • The Associate General Counsel's portfolio will also include drafting and review of contracts, review of assignments by the fellow and interns, and management of certain projects with a lesser degree of supervision.
  • Vera's Legal team works to automate as many of its processes as possible, so this person must be adept with technology and welcome the creative challenge of improving operations.
  • Excellent writing skills are required.
  • This person must have sufficient command of the written word to draft documents that are professional yet accessible, and sufficient command of legal ideas not to fall back on legalese.
  • This person must have the ability to manage relationships across the organization and with outside parties diplomatically, including when enforcing a rule or managing expectations.

Nice to have

  • An interest in the substantive areas in which Vera works (including criminal justice and immigration), and in non-profit tax issues, employment law, and policy.
  • Experience in political law or employer-side labor law a plus.
  • Three or more years' experience specifically in an in-house or other transactional environment.

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • General facility with online databases
  • Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities you'll bring:

Compensation

  • The salary range listed is just one component of Vera Institute's total compensation package for employees.

Benefits

  • To learn more about Vera's benefits offerings, click here.

Company info

  • Vera's Legal Department provides comprehensive in-house legal services to the organization, including each of its administrative departments, initiatives, and projects, and to its Board of Trustees.
  • With a creative and problem-solving orientation, the team advises staff of Vera and Vera Action, an affiliated 501(c)(4) organization, on federal, state, and local requirements and works to develop structures and processes that support compliance without compromising strategy.
  • The Associate General Counsel will report to the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and will work with the entire Legal Department team (consisting of the CLO, the Deputy General Counsel (DGC), the Associate Director for Legal Operations, and the Clifford Chance Foundation Fellow) to keep pace with the work of an ambitious, mission-oriented organization.
  • (212) 941-9407
  • Please use only one method (online, mail or fax) of submission.
  • No phone calls, please.
  • Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
  • Vera is an equal opportunity employer.
  • All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, or caregiver status.
  • Vera works to advance justice, particularly racial justice, in an increasingly multicultural country and globally connected world.
  • We value diverse experiences, including with regard to educational background and justice system contact, and depend on a diverse staff to carry out our mission.
  • For more information about Vera, please visit www.vera.org.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.

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