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Careers

We are a small firm doing work with real consequences for real people. We would rather carry less work well than more work badly, and we hire accordingly.

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Three ways in

  1. Practitioner networkOpen continuously
  2. Core teamPosted when open
  3. Fellows programTwo fellows, rolling intake

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Three ways in

Most people join through the network

Rather than a posted role. Write to us whether or not something is listed.

  • Open continuously

    Practitioner network

    Experienced coordinators, investigators, and ADA officers who take engagements with us on a contracted basis. Most people join the firm this way, and it is open continuously.

  • Posted when open

    Core team

    Salaried roles at the firm itself. These are few, senior, and posted when they open. We would rather leave a role empty than fill it with someone who has not done the work.

  • Two fellows, rolling intake

    Fellows program

    A seventeen-month research fellowship on how civil rights compliance actually works, on the firm's research agenda, for people entering the field or moving into it.

    About the fellowship

What we promise, and what we ask

Six things, stated before you apply

Rather than discovered afterward. If any of them sounds unpleasant, this is not the right firm.

  • You will be correctedIn detail, on the record, by someone whose name is on the file. It is the entire reason our work holds up.
  • You will be screenedEvery practitioner completes background screening before touching an engagement, and any further screening a client requires.
  • You will be a mandatory reporterIn every engagement, regardless of how a particular state classifies the role.
  • You will hold confidences permanentlyDuring the engagement and after it ends. Nothing about a client, a matter, or a party leaves with you.
  • You will not be sold as a bodyWe scope work to what a practitioner can carry properly. Capacity is a constraint we respect.
  • You will be senior, or supervisedThere is no third category. If you are still learning a framework, someone experienced carries the file with you.

How hiring runs

Five steps, the same for every role

The first correction usually arrives in the first week.

  • 01Write to usA short letter about what you have carried and what you want to carry next. A resume helps, but the letter is what we read first.
  • 02A working conversationNot an interview. We put a procedural problem in front of you and talk through how you would handle it.
  • 03References and screeningWe speak to people who have watched you work, then complete background screening before any engagement contact.
  • 04Scope and termsA contracted engagement with defined scope and rate, or an offer for a core role. Either way, written down before you start.
  • 05First fileYou are matched to a supervising practitioner and a body of work sized to what you can carry.

Perks and benefits

What the firm puts behind you

Beyond the pay.

  • A MacBook Air, day oneYour machine is waiting when you start, and it is yours to work on, not a loaner.
  • $100 every quarterA no-questions equipment stipend. If it makes the work better, buy it.
  • Train on the whole catalogEvery Learning Institute program, workshops through certifications, at no cost.
  • Perks worth usingDiscounted travel, hotels, gear, and experiences through our perks program.
  • A week together in PortlandOne week a year, the whole team in one place.
  • Yoga, once a weekA standing class on the calendar. Bring a mat or borrow one.
  • Weekly morning jogsA group run before the day starts, at whatever pace the slowest person is running.
  • Kombucha on tapAt HQ, alongside the coffee that gave the Coffee Talks their name.
  • Lunch, on the firmProvided every day for anyone working out of the Portland office.

Health, retirement, and leave come with a salaried role and are set out in writing with the offer. Equipment, the stipend, and the retreat go with the core team. Yoga, the morning jogs, kombucha, and lunch are for anyone working out of the Portland office, and the firm is remote by default, so nobody is expected to be there to collect them.

What you get access to

The firm's own tools, from day one

The same programs and references the firm sells to institutions.

Questions people ask about working with us

Start

Write to us.

A short letter about what you have carried and what you want to carry next. Whether or not a role is posted, it is the way in.

Meet the firm

Trust, operationalized

Work here

Most people who join this firm arrive through the practitioner network rather than a posting. Tell us what you have carried and what you want to carry next, and we will tell you plainly whether there is a fit.

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