About this opportunity
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center lists this National Legal Director opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Who We Are
MJC is a national nonprofit civil rights organization. We represent people who have been harmed by America’s criminal legal system, seeking to vindicate their rights, elevate their story, and hold people with power accountable. We do this primarily through cutting‑edge litigation and advocacy across the country, on end‑to‑end issues in the criminal legal system, from policing, to prosecutorial discretion, to rights of indigent defendants, to mass incarceration, to prison conditions, to wrongful convictions and the death penalty. For more information on our work, visit .
The criminal legal system disproportionately harms people of color, people from low‑income communities, people who were formerly incarcerated, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. We strongly encourage people who identify within these and other communities underrepresented in the legal profession to apply. All applicants must have and be committed to the cultural competence required to work with clients, co‑workers, and community partners who come from different backgrounds and experiences.
What You’ll Do
Develop and refine the overall strategic direction for MJC’s legal work to pursue MJC’s overarching mission, values, and strategic goals most effectively in collaboration with the Executive Director and office directors
Serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Director and leadership team in actualizing MJC’s mission
Regularly interface with MJC’s Managing Director of Operations, Director of Communications, and Director of Development to maximize strategic alignment.
Participate in Board meetings and serve as a corporate officer
Implementation & Management of Legal Program
Lead the design and implementation of a realistic and concrete plan to execute the organization’s legal strategy
Oversee MJC’s legal function, including direct supervision of the organization’s five office directors, and indirect oversight of the organization’s full legal team of about 50 professionals
Motivate, nurture, and connect a diverse, inclusive, and high‑performing team
Direct the case approval process, including reviewing proposed new matters for mission alignment and impact, as well as ensuring adequate staffing and resources for matters in collaboration with office directors, prior to approval by the Executive Director
Developperformance management metrics and aprofessional development program for all legal professionals in
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Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
Who can apply
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