Commission On Immigration - Staff Attorney 2/chief Counsel

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Commission on Immigration - Staff Attorney 2/Chief Counsel
The candidate will do substantive legal work and may manage a grant funded project or provide substantive support to an ABA entity. May manage that entity. May be supervised by another attorney and frequently supervises more junior attorneys and/or other staff. Includes legal research, writing, speaking, provision of technical assistance, and may include grant development and/or fundraising. Conduct research and write speeches, memoranda, articles, frequently for publication. Provide substantive advice, information and make policy recommendations. Serve as principal ABA expert on a substantive area of law or public policy. Includes contacts with government entities and with the media. Give presentations and/or teach on legal and public policy issues. Act as a consultant designing substantive content of events, developing model documents, and conducting trainings. Manage substantive/legal project aspects. Oversee research, report-writing, and publication. Coordinate or support member sub-groups and coordinate with external constituencies. Manage consultants, interns/externs. Analyze laws, regulations, court rules and policies/policy proposals; prepare memoranda of law or on public policy; provide legal counsel. Research, draft, write, review and critique legislative/rule/policy or regulatory text. Manage policy adoption process. Secure outside funding; write grants; deal with Grantmakers. Performs other related duties as required. Requires Doctoral Degree (JD, PhD) and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction. At least 4 years working in relevant specialized area of law. High level of skills at legal writing and research, oral and written communications, and organizational skill. Substantial experience in policy analysis.

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