Paralegal

Job description

About Washington Lawyers'​ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC) works to create legal, economic, and social equity through litigation, client and public education, and public policy advocacy with a primary focus on racial justice. For the last 55 years, the Committee has been on the cutting edge of civil rights advocacy in the region bringing precedent setting litigation to address discrimination. Our work focuses on injustices in housing, employment, the criminal legal system, education, public accommodations, and the civil rights of immigrants. We partner with individuals and communities facing discrimination and with the legal community to achieve justice. The Committee’s staff is unionized with the National Organization of Legal Service Workers Local #2320, UAW. For more information on the Washington Lawyers’ Committee, please go to www.washlaw.org. About the role: This position is part of a team of paralegals who provide support to the Committee’s civil rights and racial justice advocacy. Paralegals work under the direct supervision of Committee attorneys and are not engaged in the practice of l...