Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy – Staff Attorney

The Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy (Center) at New England Law | Boston’s Center for Law and Social Responsibility is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney. The Center works with the New York State Department of Health and communities around New York to develop policies to reduce the availability of tobacco products, protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke, and decrease tobacco-related morbidity and mortality in New York. The Center conducts legal research and provides technical assistance to government officials and public health advocates; it does not conduct litigation or otherwise represent clients.

General Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney position includes both legal and administrative duties. The Staff Attorney will work closely with both the Director and Assistant Director to help conduct the Center’s substantive research projects. Duties will include drafting model legislation, researching and writing policy reports, reviewing and editing work by student law clerks, and preforming legal research in response to technical assistance requests. The Staff Attorney will also serve as the initial point of contact between the public and the Center and will assist with the Center’s day-to-day activities by, for example, editing and formatting the Center’s publications, maintaining a detailed records of expenditures, updating the interactive website, planning events, and managing the Center’s office. The Staff Attorney reports to the Director.

Qualifications:

• J.D. Degree (bar passage from any state acceptable)
• Two years of legal or policy experience preferred
• Law Review experience preferred
• Previous administrative experience preferred
  

Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary commensurate with experience, in addition to an excellent benefits package.

Interested applicants should e-mail a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and J.D. course transcript to the attention of Nancy Scicchitani, Director of Human Resources at resume@nesl.edu

For additional information: http://www.nesl.edu/info/hr.cfm