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Washington, District of Columbia
Announcement #: ATJ-2022-001
Application Deadline: August 12, 2022
Attorney Advisors working in the Office for Access to Justice will apply their expertise, skills, and education to cutting-edge legal issues by providing policy and legal analysis on access to justice related matters. Attorney Advisors will work with a broad range of government and civil society justice system stakeholders to advance access to justice through policies, programming, and interagency efforts in one or more defined portfolio areas.
We are seeking experienced attorneys with diverse skills and perspectives to join our Office. Attorney Advisors will advance access to justice through identifying opportunities for ATJ, alone or in partnership with other agencies, to close the gap between the need for, and the availability of, quality legal assistance. Attorney Advisors will also develop and implement policies and programs that promote innovation, reform and equity across legal systems. As ATJ continues to grow, portfolio areas may change.
The Office for Access to Justice works to expand access by identifying barriers and promoting equity across a wide range of issue areas. The Attorney Advisor will be expected to work in one or more of these areas:
- Enhancing the navigability of the justice system through technology, disability, language, and cultural access;
- Supporting access to the courts for the self-represented, including by improved processes, simplified forms, and expanded non-lawyer and self-help programs;
- Expanding civil legal representation through wider pro bono efforts, support of legal services providers, expansion of legal representation programs; and development of new methods and models to utilize federal resources to ensure access to counsel;
- Pursuing access to environmental justice, including by ensuring the fair treatment of all people with respect to environmental laws, regulations, and policies;
- Supporting public defenders and indigent defense, including by ensuring defenders have resources and a voice on government commissions, committees, working groups, and in legislative and policy decision-making;
- Fostering health justice and medical legal partnerships, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Expanding legal representation in immigration proceedings and through holistic approaches within other immigration contexts;
- Safeguarding justice system integrity, including through identifying innovative solutions and reforms to criminal justice systems;
- Pursuing racial equity as a cornerstone of all access-to-justice efforts and all departmental work;
- Ensuring economic opportunity and fairness by addressing barriers to equal access to justice that arise from fines and fees, bail, warrants, and ability-to-pay processes; as well as through bankruptcy, antitrust, consumer protection, and eviction and foreclosure proceedings;
- Assisting to staff, direct and run the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable, a collaboration of over 28 agencies co-chaired by the Attorney General and White House Counsel to improve coordination and policies across federal government that promote access to justice and efficiency, and, where appropriate, legal services; and
- Providing guidance on access to justice before international and multilateral organizations in compliance with United Nations Sustainable Goal 16 to ensure equal access to justice for all.
Major duties may include:
- Conducting relevant legal analysis, including research and writing, and providing comprehensive legal guidance on issues related to assigned access to justice portfolio.
- Providing expert-level advice directly to supervisors and ATJ leadership.
- Maintaining a close liaison and a collaborative relationship with Justice Department components, other federal agencies, and State, local, tribal, territorial, and international governments.
- Maintaining collaborative engagement with community-based organizations and other stakeholders.
- Drafting memos, policies, and other documents for ATJ and DOJ leadership, ensuring compliance with law, policy, regulation, executive orders, memoranda, and orders.
- Developing, reviewing, and evaluating legislative, regulatory, and other policy proposals that implicate access to justice issues.
- Researching, proposing and drafting statements of interest and amicus briefs on issues related to assigned access to justice portfolio.
Attorney Advisors should expect to frequently grapple with challenging access to justice issues and cases involving complex, nuanced, sensitive, and emerging matters. Attorneys will generally focus on one or two key issue areas, but will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively on cross-cutting initiatives within ATJ, the Department, and across federal agencies.
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