The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) seeks a motivated, organized, and detail-oriented full-time paralegal to join its legal department. This role is designed for a person who wants to make an impact on civil liberties and civil rights by providing top-notch administrative, intake and clerical support to the ACLU-PA\xe2\x80\x99s legal team. The position is full-time and reports to the senior supervising attorney in our Philadelphia office. The Paralegal will join a 10+ person legal department that employs litigation and a wide range of advocacy tools to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties. The legal department maintains an active litigation docket with particular focus on reducing the number of people held in jail, prison, and immigration detention, reforming harmful police practices, and protecting voting rights. The Paralegal will support the administrative needs of the legal team, as well as work with the intake manager to support processing and responding to the requests for legal assistance. Our Approach The ACLU-PA values the humanity and contributions of those we work with, inside and outside of the organization, and will take action to build and sustain an equitable, anti-racist culture that centers the voices and experiences of marginalized and directly impacted people and communities, and an organizational environment where all people feel valued, trusted, and respected. Our work is guided by the principles of freedom, equality, and justice enumerated in the Constitution. We understand that systemic racism and other forms of oppression have prevented the equitable application of these principles to all, and we strive to ensure that our approach accounts for this reality. We also acknowledge that demands of the work as well as the challenging subject matter it often involves take a toll. While we know that the path of this work is long and hard, we also value the importance of personal well-being. To that end, we endeavor to cultivate a culture that is supportive and sustainable and promotes taking care of oneself. The Paralegal\xe2\x80\x99s essential duties and responsibilities will likely include, but may not be limited to, the following:
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