Senior Compliance Attorney

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Description

Title:

Senior Compliance Attorney

Department:
Litigation, U.S. Program Division

Center Background:
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.;
Nairobi, Kenya;
Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 270+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center's human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center's exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $60 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world.

Our global pro bono network includes over 3,000 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 140+ law firms. Last year, law firms contributed over $35 million USD in pro bono legal services. The Center's Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact:
By 2030, half of the world's population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.

We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

The Job:
The Center seeks a Senior Compliance Attorney to join the Center's U.S. Litigation team at a critical time for reproductive rights and access across the United States. Since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion, there have been significant changes to state and federal laws impacting the ability of health care providers to offer abortion care and individuals to access that care.

These changes, coupled with new and emerging threats posed by a hostile federal administration, have made the legal and regulatory landscape increasingly complex and difficult to navigate for health care providers and supporters of abortion care.

The Senior Compliance Attorney will support the U.S. Litigation team's growing need for compliance assistance in light of the shifting legal landscape and heightened enforcement risks post-Roe. The Senior Compliance Attorney will advise Center clients on abortion-specific laws and regulations, general healthcare laws and regulations, and other state and federal policies that impact clients' provision of high-quality reproductive health care, including abortion care, maternal health care, and assisted reproduction.

We are seeking an individual with a background in advising clients and managing client relationships and prior experience conducting complex legal analyses of state and federal laws and regulations.

The positions will be based in the Center's New York City or Washington D.C. offices in a hybrid model of 3 days in-office, 2 days working from home.

Primary 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.

Compensation:
The annual salary for this position begins at $165,000 and scales commensurate with experience. This salary reflects a position based in New York City or Washington, D.C. This salary will be subject to a downward locality adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside the location listed in this posting. Note that most of the salaries listed on our job postings reflect New York, NY salaries, where our National offices are headquartered.

Union Status:
This position is not covered by the Center's collective bargaining…