job announcement: staff attorney positions at aaldef

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), which protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, advocacy and community education, is seeking to hire two staff attorneys: one in the Educational Equity and Youth Rights Project and one in the Voting Rights Project. Here are the job descriptions:

STAFF ATTORNEY
AALDEF EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND YOUTH RIGHTS PROJECT

DESCRIPTION:
AALDEF's Educational Equity and Youth Rights Project conducts policy advocacy and provides legal assistance to K-12 public school students, parents, and teachers on such issues as English Language Learner (ELL) programming, language access, school discipline, racial profiling, anti-Asian harassment, school integration, school pushout, and juvenile justice. The Project also addresses some issues in higher education, including affirmative action and access to education, anti-Asian harassment and racial discrimination.

STAFF ATTORNEY
AALDEF VOTING RIGHTS PROJECT

DESCRIPTION:
AALDEF's Asian American Democracy Project seeks to promote fairness in the electoral process and invigorate the civic participation and political empowerment of Asian Americans, especially new citizens and persons not yet fluent in English. By expanding access to the electoral process for Asian Americans, AALDEF improves the quality of democracy for all. AALDEF has litigated cases under the Voting Rights Act, monitored elections to document barriers to voting, advocated for election reforms that expand language access to the vote, and organized community education forums across the country. A key voting rights priority in 2011-2012 will be to promote greater Asian American involvement in the redistricting process.

Both staff attorney positions have rolling application deadlines, and will be filled as soon as possible. For further information about these jobs, including a detailed outline of duties, required and preferred qualifications, and how to apply, go to the AALDEF website here.