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Senior Associate – Equalities Lawyer
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Good Law Project
Hybrid- Career category: Legal
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £68,000 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 12/05/2025
- Location: United Kingdom
What we do
Good Law Project (GLP) is a not-for-profit campaign organisation which uses the law to hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future. We take on the cases and campaigns where we’ll have the biggest impact, even when the odds are stacked against us.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
● Lead our equalities law cases - assisting, by advising or representing or instructing counsel
● Proactively source equalities law cases that speak to Good Law Project’s values, irrespective of ability to pay
● Contribute to building Good Law Project’s reputation in the field
● Cultivate strong relationships with activist clients, offering empathetic and transparent communication throughout the
legal process
● Conduct thorough legal research, analyse evidence, and formulate robust legal strategies to safeguard the rights of our clients
● Build relationships with specialist Counsel. Instruct Counsel where appropriate
● Work with the communications/campaigns teams at Good Law Project to ensure that the organisation’s broader interests in the selection of claimants, and its communications about the cases, sit appropriately alongside the duties you owe to your clients
● Stay abreast of changes in equalities law ensuring the highest level of legal advice for our clients
● Supervise and allocate work to more junior solicitors, trainees and paralegals and provide feedback and support to them as appropriate.
● Carry out such other management tasks as may reasonably be required
General Responsibilities
● Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or reasonably be assigned in line with the
remit of the position
● Actively support and embed GLP’s values and its positive culture in your professional practice at all times
● Abide by all organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices and legal requirements
● Support and promote inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
● Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations, clients, donors
and supporters, staff and projects
What we’re Looking for
Essential Experience
● Excellent lawyer
● Qualification as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales
● Five years post qualification experience as a solicitor or barrister with a specialism in equalities law
● Experience of working with internal stakeholders and external partners, including instructing Counsel or external Solicitors where necessary
● A good understanding of legal risk and how to manage it
● Interest in social change and how the law can be used to deliver it
● Committed to GLP’s vision of what a better world looks like
Desirable Experience
● Political or campaigning acuity
● Experience of working on legal campaigns, communications, or fundraising efforts in a legal or advocacy organisation
● Experience of or interest in public interest law
● Experience of working within a fast-paced, innovative legal environment
Good Law Project (GLP) is a not-for-profit campaign organisation which uses the law to hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future. We take on the cases and campaigns where we’ll have the biggest impact, even when the odds are stacked against us.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
● Lead our equalities law cases - assisting, by advising or representing or instructing counsel
● Proactively source equalities law cases that speak to Good Law Project’s values, irrespective of ability to pay
● Contribute to building Good Law Project’s reputation in the field
● Cultivate strong relationships with activist clients, offering empathetic and transparent communication throughout the
legal process
● Conduct thorough legal research, analyse evidence, and formulate robust legal strategies to safeguard the rights of our clients
● Build relationships with specialist Counsel. Instruct Counsel where appropriate
● Work with the communications/campaigns teams at Good Law Project to ensure that the organisation’s broader interests in the selection of claimants, and its communications about the cases, sit appropriately alongside the duties you owe to your clients
● Stay abreast of changes in equalities law ensuring the highest level of legal advice for our clients
● Supervise and allocate work to more junior solicitors, trainees and paralegals and provide feedback and support to them as appropriate.
● Carry out such other management tasks as may reasonably be required
General Responsibilities
● Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or reasonably be assigned in line with the
remit of the position
● Actively support and embed GLP’s values and its positive culture in your professional practice at all times
● Abide by all organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices and legal requirements
● Support and promote inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
● Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations, clients, donors
and supporters, staff and projects
What we’re Looking for
Essential Experience
● Excellent lawyer
● Qualification as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales
● Five years post qualification experience as a solicitor or barrister with a specialism in equalities law
● Experience of working with internal stakeholders and external partners, including instructing Counsel or external Solicitors where necessary
● A good understanding of legal risk and how to manage it
● Interest in social change and how the law can be used to deliver it
● Committed to GLP’s vision of what a better world looks like
Desirable Experience
● Political or campaigning acuity
● Experience of working on legal campaigns, communications, or fundraising efforts in a legal or advocacy organisation
● Experience of or interest in public interest law
● Experience of working within a fast-paced, innovative legal environment
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