Closing Date: 17th July, 2024

Description:

Job Description and Duties:
Under direction of an Assistant Chief Counsel, the Attorney I supports the Legal Division's affirmative civil rights enforcement work by representing the Department in litigation brought under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Ralph Civil Rights Act, Unruh Civil Rights Act, and other statutes in the Department's jurisdiction, and by providing other legal support for the Legal Division's operation.

Please let us know how you heard about our position by taking this brief survey CRD Human Resources Survey (Rev. Oct 2022) (surveymonkey.com)

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. (https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/FileDownload.aspx?aid=23844313&name=AttorneyI-DutyStatement.pdf)

Working Conditions:
The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the incumbent, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of the job:

Requires daily use of a personal computer and related software applications at a workstation.
Requires ability to complete tasks that typically may require making repetitive hand movements in the performance of daily duties, with or without reasonable accommodations and modifications to facilitate such tasks.
Requires prolonged use of a workstation for 6.5 to 7 hours per day.
Requires dependability and excellent attendance records.
Requires occasional travel to attend meetings and trainings and to conduct depositions, trials, interviews, and mediations.

Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Knowledge of and experience with civil rights laws, litigation, public and administrative law, and laws, rules, and procedures governing the administrative and operational functions of state government.
Ability to multi-task.
Openness to feedback and guidance from supervisors and managers.
Commitment to collaboration and promoting a supportive work culture.
Knowledge of and experience with the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
Ability to manage conflict and sensitive issues.
Ability to use sound judgment.
Ability to work with people, including opposing counsel, in a professional and civil manner.
Commitment to public sector service.
Ability to speak a second language (bilingual) or American Sign Language preferred.

Statement of Qualification Instructions
Please answer each question separately. Your response to these questions should be no longer, cumulatively, than six pages in length, using double-spacing and 12-point Times New Roman font.

Why are you interested in serving as an Attorney I with the Civil Rights Department?

Describe your familiarity with and experience in litigating civil rights cases, including under the laws that the Civil Rights Department has jurisdiction to enforce.

Describe your experience conducting pre-suit investigations and conducting discovery, including developing investigation plans, drafting discovery requests and responses, reviewing discovery responses, engaging in meet and confer, and interviewing and/or deposing parties or witnesses.

Describe your experience engaging in motion practice including conducting research, drafting briefs, and conducting oral argument.

Describe your experience representing clients and/or working with unrepresented persons in situations where you advised such persons about their legal rights and/or provided general legal information.