Associate, Legal Intake, Reproductive Rights and Health
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $63,386- $72,615
The Position
The National Women's Law Center seeks an Associate for the Reproductive Rights and Health Team to manage legal intake within the RRH Team. The person in this position will report to the Director of the Abortion Access Legal Defense Fund but will also work closely with team members on the birth control and litigation teams within RRH, and other individuals across the RRH team.
The Associate will conduct intake communications and interviews with individuals who contact the Abortion Access LDF, the CoverHer Hotline, and NWLC's Legal Network for Gender Equity. Additionally, the Associate will engage in data entry and help to generate reports and will help implement and manage internal processes for each of these programs. The Associate will also engage in as-needed paralegal tasks for the RRH Litigation Team.
This role offers an opportunity to be engaged in multiple projects across the RRH Team, working with many different team members as well as representing NWLC publicly and to individuals who contact NWLC seeking help.
This is a full-time, exempt position of 37.5 hours per week.
The Organization
The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) fights for gender justice — in the courts, in public policy, and in our society — working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
We use the law in all its forms to change culture and drive solutions to the gender inequity that shapes our society and to break down the barriers that harm all of us — especially women of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and low-income women and families.
For 50 years, we have been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women, and we need you with us to continue this fight. Find out more at NWLC.org.
Job Responsibilities
- Conducting and processing intakes for the Abortion Access Legal Defense Fund, the CoverHer Hotline, and the Legal Network for Gender Equity.
- For the Abortion Access LDF, this will entail emailing with attorneys who request an application, data entry, and managing the internal evaluation process;
- For CoverHer, this will entail gathering intake information, data entry, communicating with intakes via email and phone, and elevating intakes to the appropriate RRH team member;
- For the Legal Network for Gender Equity, this will entail occasional communication with individuals who may contact the LNGE with questions regarding reproductive rights and health issues and, where appropriate, elevating those individuals to the appropriate RRH team member;
- Project management using multiple online project management systems;
- Creating data reports of intakes, tracking tends across all RRH intakes, identifying new areas of legal needs and elevating to appropriate supervisor;
- As-needed paralegal duties, including but not limited to cite-checking, Bluebook proofing, owning sign-on processes for NWLC amicus briefs, and document formatting for filing;
- Interacting with intakes, applicants, clients, consumers, and vendors;
- Promoting NWLC's intake systems at conferences, with law firms, with constituencies;
- Occasional travel to conferences, meetings, and other events for promotions (travel estimated to be <5% of time).
Qualifications
The candidate must possess:
- Experience doing intake interviews and other intake communications, and/or working directly with clients;
- Experience and comfort using multiple project management tools and databases;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Excellent project management skills;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Additional preferred skills and knowledge:
- 2-3 years of relevant work experience;
- Experiences with trauma informed communication and advocacy
- Paralegal experience
- Experience with Salesforce
Key Relationships
The Associate will report to the Director of the Abortion Access Legal Defense Fund. This person will also work closely with team members on the birth control and litigation teams within RRH, and other individuals across the Reproductive Rights and Health Team.
