Job Title: Staff Attorney - Voting Rights
PVN ID: ME-2505-006841
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) at Medgar Evers College (MEC) seeks a Staff Attorney – Voting Rights who will play a critical role in advancing CLSJ’s mission by combining legal expertise, advocacy, and community engagement to protect and promote voting rights. Specifically, the Staff Attorney will:

  • Lead litigation and policy advocacy efforts focused on protecting and expanding voting rights, particularly within marginalized communities.
  • Provide legal support for CLSJ’s community education initiatives on voter suppression, redistricting, and election law.
  • Develop and implement legal strategies to challenge discriminatory voting policies and practices.
  • Collaborate with CLSJ leadership to design and execute community outreach efforts that promote civic engagement and voter participation.
  • Represent CLSJ in legal proceedings, including drafting pleadings, conducting legal research, and participating in court hearings.
  • Supervise legal interns and volunteers, providing mentorship and guidance in voting rights litigation and advocacy.
  • Assist in planning and executing forums, conferences, and special events that align with CLSJ’s mission.
  • Participate in fundraising and development activities to sustain and expand CLSJ’s voting rights programs.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
  • Licensed to practice law in New York State and in good standing
  • Minimum of three years of legal experience, including litigation in federal and state courts on civil rights or voting rights issues
  • Strong background in election law, redistricting, and voting rights advocacy
  • Experience working with community-based organizations or institutions preferred
  • Administrative and supervisory experience is a plus
  • Excellent research, writing, and public speaking skills

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
SPCD/CLSJ
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$74,000.00 - $77,000.00
Closing Date
Jul 08, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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