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Overview
The Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) seeks a justice-oriented individual to design, manage, and coordinate the agency’s data strategies and approaches to strategic application of relevant analytics.
OCLA is an independent agency in the judicial branch of state government. Recognizing that “the provision of civil legal aid services to indigent persons is an important component of the state's responsibility to provide for the proper and effective administration of civil and criminal justice,” the Washington State Legislature established OCLA in 2005 to manage the then-small state investment in civil legal aid services to low-income people in Washington State. In the years since, the Legislature has greatly expanded the scope of OCLA’s responsibilities.
Consistent with The Washington State Supreme Court’s June 4, 2020 Statement to the Legal Community, OCLA acknowledges that it and its contracted civil legal aid providers operate in a law and justice systemhistorically grounded in racism and that time and again has administered justice differentially depending on the racial identities of those involved. OCLA was an initial subscriber to the Washington Race Equity and Justice Acknowledgmentsand Commitments. As outlined in its Race Equity and Justice Statement of Purpose, OCLA is committed to being an active partner in carrying out the Washington State judicial branch’s commitment to ensuring equity and justice for people andcommunities throughout our state. It does this by:
1. Underwriting, supporting, and overseeing effective, equity-driven delivery of civil legal services to low-income people throughout the State of Washington. In doing so, we require providers and contractors to focus on and actively engage with communities most harmed by poverty and lack of access to essential health, social, educational, and economic opportunities, services, and support. We do so recognizing that access to civil justice can mitigate and interrupt poverty-driven harms and suffering, including disproportionate contact with juvenile, child welfare, eviction,and criminal justice systems;
2. Helping identify and address law and justice system practices, policies, and biases that cause or perpetuate differential treatment and disproportionate outcomes for poor communities, especially those harmed by structural racism. Based on this knowledge, we help facilitate changes necessary to transform existing systems that cause or perpetuate disproportionate harms to and injustices experienced by low-income people, families, and communities.
3. Ensuring that we orient our internal policies, practices, and focus around our commitment to equity and anti-racism –both within the context of internal agency operations as well as in our engagement with external communities, partners, and contractors.
4. Ensuring rigorous stewardship of and accountability for public funding entrusted to us, consistent applicable laws and our equity and anti-racism goals.
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SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY—Springfield
POSITION: ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Restoring Communities Workgroup / Project Impact
LOCATION: East Los Angeles*
SALARY: $47,753.41/annual DOE, excellent benefits
AVAILABILITY: Immediately
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Continuous until position is filled.