JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Attorney - Neighborhood Law Corps Attorney

/ Oakland, CA/

The Oakland City Attorney’s Office is seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as an attorney in the Neighborhood Law Corps.

The Neighborhood Law Corps (NLC) is a unique, innovative, and award-winning community law program that focuses on proactive, neighborhood-based and community-directed lawyering. The program – described as a cross between Legal Aid and the Peace Corps – brings legal resources and remedies into Oakland's diverse neighborhoods to address issues affecting quality of life in those communities.

The NLC attorney position is in the Affirmative Litigation, Innovation & Enforcement Division of the City Attorney’s Office. NLC attorneys focus on combating blight, human trafficking, public safety, tenant protection and other important community concerns and quality of life issues by performing litigation, policy work and other actions. The position is responsible for representing the City in state and federal courts and will provide significant litigation-related experience.

We are interested in recruiting from the broadest and most diverse pool of candidates, and ask that you share this announcement with your members.

For more information and the full application, go to: http://www.oaklandcityattorney.org/AboutUs/job_ops.html

Senior Corporate Counsel - Juniper Networks

/ Sunnyvale, CA/

This “associate level” attorney position will be based in Sunnyvale, CA or Herndon, VA and report to the Deputy General Counsel and be responsible for supporting commercial transactions for the company. The position will require interactions with customers and partners as well as a broad spectrum of internal functions, including product groups, sales, services, marketing, worldwide channels, operations and finance. The person must have legal experience in commercial transactions, be organized and posse strong self-starting qualities. Experience with software licensing is a plus. The successful candidate will be able to handle sensitive situations tactfully yet firmly, to be assertive without being adversarial and to take unpopular positions when necessary while maintaining trust and credibility. This position requires a team player who can work with minimal supervision in a fast-moving environment.

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Commercial Counsel - Box

/ Redwood City, CA/

Box is looking to hire an intelligent, talented and energetic, in-house attorney, to focus on SaaS-PaaS commercial transactions supporting customer negotiations.  This is a tremendous opportunity to join a dynamic legal team and add value to a rapidly growing company. You can step in and help make an immediate impact on the organization and be part of its fun culture.  This challenging role will encompass a range of legal matters, contract drafting, review and negotiation, privacy laws, federal and state regulations, intellectual property rights and a variety of other issues that may arise. Position may be located in Box HQ (Redwood City, CA), Box Austin (Austin, TX) or Box New York (New York, NY).

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Deputy City Attorney II or III Litigation - Oakland City Attorney's Office

/ Oakland, CA/

The Oakland City Attorney’s Office seeks a well-qualified individual for a Deputy City Attorney II or Deputy City Attorney III position in the Litigation Division of the Office. Significant litigation experience including writ and appellate experience is desirable for the position of Deputy City Attorney II or Deputy City Attorney III with placement depending on experience. The City Attorney’s Office represents the City in legal matters pertaining to the City of Oakland. These matters include, but are not limited to, providing advice to clients, handling all manner of writ proceedings and handling litigation and appellate matters.

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Special Counsel or Deputy City Attorney V - Oakland City Attorney's Office

/ Oakland, CA/

The City Attorney’s Office seeks a well-qualified, highly motivated attorney to serve as Special Counsel or Deputy City Attorney V for real estate and economic development matters and rent- related advice and counsel. The City Attorney may assign the selected attorney to new, additional or different duties or practice areas in either litigation or transactional work.

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Termed Research and Writing Attorney - Federal Public Defender

/ San Francisco, CA/

The Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California is accepting applications for a termed, full-time Research & Writing Specialist (“R&W Attorney”). This position will begin upon hire date and will end September 30, 2018. The Defender operates under the authority of the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, to provide defense services in federal criminal cases. More information about the office may be found at www.ndcalfpd.org.

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Deputy City Attorney - Oakland City Attorney's Office

/ Oakland, CA/

The Oakland City Attorney's Office is seeking a highly qualified and motivated individual for the position of Deputy City Attorney II or III / Code Enforcement. Candidates should have expertise in building and housing code enforcement, nuisances and administrative appeals, litigation including civil rights and housing cases, civil litigation and/or administrative hearings and appeals including affirmative litigation, or other expertise and experience that is transferable can satisfy the requirements for this position.

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