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Deputy Legal Director/ Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality

ACLU · New York, United States · Hybrid · From $392,736/year

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Position Overview

Location: New York, United States

Compensation: From $392,736/year

Position: Senior

Type: Job

Practice Area: General Practice

Remote: Hybrid

Posted: May 21, 2026

Deadline: Aug 19, 2026

Job Description

<h2>ABOUT THE JOB</h2> The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of Deputy Legal Director/ Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality in the National Legal Department of the ACLU’s National office in New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Washington, DC. Priority will be given to candidates who can be based in New York, NY, or Washington, DC. <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW166816265 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">This is a<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW166816265 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}"> hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month.<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW166816265 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"920dbcde-2834-5e15-a5fa-062170b236ba|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"22",469775450,"eop",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"eop",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">   The ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality, one of three component centers in the ACLU’s National Legal Department, focuses on issues of crime, punishment, and racial justice, including efforts to eradicate racial injustice, the treatment of prisoners, the death penalty and the policies of over-incarceration that have led the United States to imprison more people than any other country in the world.  The Center contains six Projects/Programs working toward these goals:  the ACLU’s Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative (centered in Washington, DC), Capital Punishment Project (centered in Durham, North Carolina), the Criminal Law Reform Project (centered in New York City), the National Prison Project (centered in Washington, DC), the Racial Justice Program (centered in New York City), and the John Adams Project (centered in Washington, DC).   Special consideration will be given to applications submitted by June 19, 2026. <h2>WHAT YOU'LL DO </h2> Reporting to the National Legal Director, the Deputy Legal Director/ Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality (Center Director) oversees the work of the Center for Justice and Equality and directly supervises the program directors within the Center.  <h2>YOUR DAY TO DAY</h2> <ul> <li>Supervise the directors of the ACLU’s Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, Capital Punishment Project, Criminal Law Reform Project, the National Prison Project, Racial Justice Program, and John Adams Project. <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,&amp...

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From $392,736/year

Practice Area

General Practice

Position

Senior

Application Deadline

August 19, 2026

Employment Type

Full time

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