Senior Compliance Attorney

Center for Reproductive Rights • New York, NY

9d • $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization dedicated to ensuring reproductive rights are protected as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, Washington D.C., Nairobi, Kenya, Bogota, Colombia, and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that drives legal and policy change across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our team of over 270 diverse professionals is committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through impactful litigation, legal policy, and advocacy. The Center has experienced significant growth, with an operating budget exceeding $60 million and a global pro bono network of over 3,000 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 140+ law firms, who contributed over $35 million USD in pro bono legal services last year. Our strategic plan aims to strengthen reproductive rights protections for half the world's population by 2030. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has been instrumental in transforming the understanding and application of reproductive rights by courts, governments, and human rights bodies globally, addressing issues such as maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have achieved landmark victories in national courts, UN Committees, and regional human rights bodies, and have led the development of historic legislation advancing reproductive rights. Additionally, we have built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in over 65 countries. The Center is seeking a Senior Compliance Attorney to join its U.S. Litigation team during a pivotal period for reproductive rights and access in the United States. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to eliminate the federal constitutional right to abortion, significant shifts in state and federal laws have impacted healthcare providers' ability to offer abortion care and individuals' access to it. These changes, compounded by new threats from a hostile federal administration, have created an increasingly complex and challenging legal and regulatory environment for healthcare providers and advocates of abortion care. The Senior Compliance Attorney will provide crucial compliance assistance to the U.S. Litigation team, addressing the evolving legal landscape and heightened enforcement risks post-Roe. This role involves advising Center clients on abortion-specific laws and regulations, general healthcare laws and regulations, and other state and federal policies affecting the provision of high-quality reproductive healthcare, including abortion care, maternal health care, and assisted reproduction. The ideal candidate will have experience advising clients, managing client relationships, and conducting complex legal analyses of state and federal laws and regulations. This position will be based in the Center’s New York City or Washington D.C. offices, operating under a hybrid model with 3 days in-office and 2 days working from home.

Requirements

• Member in good standing of the bar of New York or DC based on the office where the attorney is based. If not currently admitted to that bar, the candidate must be a member in good standing to another state's bar and agree to become admitted within eighteen months of their start date to the bar of New York or DC based on the office where the attorney is based. Membership in multiple jurisdictions is a plus.
• At least seven (7) years of post-law-school legal experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in healthcare law; experience providing direct compliance advice to clients and undertaking complex legal analysis of state laws and regulations; experience on abortion-related legal matters and/or experience in the reproductive rights, health, and justice movement is a plus.
• Excellent research, writing, and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues to non-legal audiences in a clear and succinct manner.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, including ability to handle multiple tasks and meet multiple deadlines simultaneously, and to provide rapid responses to client inquiries in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
• Ability to maintain high level of expertise in relevant substantive law.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate, delegate, and supervise junior attorneys and paralegals on a project basis.
• Strong commitment to the Center’s mission, purpose, and values, along with experience or knowledge of reproductive rights legal issues, reproductive justice, racial justice, or other human rights, civil rights, criminal law, or social justice issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive equity work and incorporating inclusive equitable principles into legal, programmatic, and partnership work.

Nice To Haves

• Membership in multiple jurisdictions is a plus.
• Experience on abortion-related legal matters and/or experience in the reproductive rights, health, and justice movement is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research and analysis on state and federal laws and regulations governing the provision of abortion care and other reproductive health care.
• Provide timely, accurate compliance advice and support to help clients mitigate risks and comply with the rapidly changing U.S. legal landscape.
• Establish and maintain strong client relationships; communicate regularly with Center clients; coordinate with partner organizations and outside counsel.
• Implement effective systems to manage and track compliance inquiries and ongoing compliance matters.
• Work collaboratively with the Litigation team to integrate compliance support into our provision of legal services and provide support to other aspects of the U.S. Litigation team’s work, as needed.
• Represent the Center at public events, conferences, and coalition meetings.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plan with no in-network deductible and best-in-class reproductive healthcare coverage, including infertility.
• Dental and Vision coverage.
• Resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical, and community well-being.
• Generous leave, including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, and sick leave.
• The Center is closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend winter holiday time with their loved ones.
• After the first year of employment, the Center will contribute 7.5% of your annual salary to a 401(k) (applicable only in US and Kenya).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed