Environmental Justice Senior Counsel Job at Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC

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  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • Durham, NC

Job Description

The Environmental Justice (EJ) program uses a community-based lawyering approach to respond to environmental injustices throughout the South. SCSJ’s EJ program advocates for and empowers impacted communities through community legal education, strategic counseling, and litigation on a wide range of issues including zoning and land use, air and water pollution, energy equity, and climate resilience. Given the often-intersectional nature of the harms that burden the communities SCSJ supports, the EJ program’s work often overlaps with that of the Voting Rights and Justice System Reform program areas.
Position Summary:

The Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice will litigate cases, develop case strategies, advise clients, and work with state and federal policymakers to improve environmental justice outcomes for communities across the South.
Responsibilities Include:

Litigating cases in state and federal courts, including developing and implementing case strategy, conducting legal and fact-finding research, drafting pleadings, briefs, and other documents, conducting discovery and depositions, and representing clients in court and administrative proceedings.

Meeting with clients to ensure program projects and priorities are consistently responsive to community-driven need.

Managing multidisciplinary matters, including developing and implementing project plans involving and leveraging SCSJ’s research and communications teams.

Building SCSJ’s Environmental Justice program by combating community contamination, addressing zoning & land use issues, promoting energy equity, and advancing climate justice & resilience.

Expanding and deepening Environmental Justice program’s network by attending community events and conferences related to environmental justice in the South.

Supporting partner organizations and community-led coalitions.

Required Qualifications:

Extensive experience serving as the primary attorney at all stages of litigation

Excellent communication skills and experience fostering client relationships

Extensive and effective settlement and negotiation experience

Strong affinity and capability for mentoring newer attorneys

Ability to work independently with a strong work ethic and sense of initiative

A vision for the continued growth of SCSJ’s Environmental Justice program

An unwavering commitment to SCSJ’s work and community-based lawyering model

Admitted or eligible for admission to practice law in at least one state in SCSJ’s service region

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

In-depth familiarity with state and/or federal environmental statutes and regulatory implementation, including litigation experience, in one or more of the following subject areas:
Clean air permitting and enforcement
Water quality, water pollution, and/or water rights
Utilities Commission proceedings and/or clean energy topics
Tribal sovereignty issues
Solid and hazardous waste management

Experience in zoning and land use litigation or other urban policy or rural development education or experience

Facility with e-discovery

Demonstrated commitment to social justice, civil rights, and/or environmental justice work

Spanish or other second language proficiency is a plus

Duration and Start Date:

This is a full-time position. Starting dates are negotiable. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Salary and Benefits:

The Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice starting salary is $95,000 per year, commensurate with experience and includes comprehensive health and retirement plans.

Tagged as: Law/Policy

Job Tags

Full time,

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