Membership Program Manager

The Membership Program Manager will oversee and strengthen membership programs that cultivate political education, practical lawyering skills, and movement readiness among our network. Specifically, the Membership Program Manager will be responsible for:

• Developing, leading, and managing a rigorous calendar of membership programs that nurture political education, skills development, leadership, and community among members
• Designing and facilitating programs that strengthen members' capacity to engage in movement lawyering and to provide responsive, accountable support to community and movement partners
• Supporting the Membership Director in implementing L4BL's strategic vision for leadership development, skills building, and political education
• Working with the Partnerships department to form connections between our membership and local base-building and assist with relationship-building

This role creates positive change by developing and maintaining programming for an emerging network of radical lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers supporting the work of Black-led organizing and the movement for Black liberation, ensuring members are equipped to support organizing and transformative social change movements with rigor, discipline, and alignment with abolitionist, Black queer feminist, and anti-capitalist values.

Required skills, experience, and qualifications:

• J.D. Required; licensed attorney preferred
• At least 2-3 years of experience working in the legal field, with lawyers, law students, and legal workers
• Proven ability to design, facilitate, and evaluate political education or professional development programs
• Deep commitment to and enthusiasm for the mission, values, and vision of L4BL, with familiarity and comfort with L4BL's values and those of fellow abolitionist movement partners

Compensation: $85,000 - $93,000 commensurate with experience. Through NEO Philanthropy, this position is offered a full benefits package, including:

• 100% medical coverage for the employee and 90% medical coverage for dependents
• 100% coverage for vision, dental, life/AD&D, and long-term disability
• 401K retirement savings plan
• Healthcare Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA
• Commuter benefits, Employee Assistance Program, other supplemental benefits and paid time off

Law For Black Lives (L4BL) is dedicated to transforming the legal field by promoting movement lawyering and cultivating a national community of radical law students, lawyers, and legal workers, building the power of local organizing to defend, protect, and advance Black Liberation, and transforming the law to change the conditions of the struggle and defend Black Lives.