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January 1, 2025, another 2% wage increase will apply.

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education,

focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students

as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you

will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting

the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal

of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to
thrive in college, career and life.

LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an

enrollment of nearly 563,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710

square miles, with over 1,430 schools and educational centers, and we

employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers

in our city.

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Department or School Site THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Office of the General

Counsel (OGC) is currently seeking attorneys to join our dynamic team

to address various legal issues impacting the second largest public

school district in the nation and the largest school district in California.

The LAUSD OGC is at the forefront of novel legal issues affecting large

scale educational issues. Attorneys in this organization have a unique

opportunity to be intricately involved and engaged in directly supporting

and defending policies that affect the delivery of public education on a

large scale.

The LAUSD OGC is a team of 120 dedicated and passionate lawyers,

staff, and administrative professionals led by a dynamic and supportive

leadership team.

THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL LEGAL TEAM

The LAUSD OGC leads the way with its cadre of some of the foremost

experts in education law and dedicated staff of professionals committed

to the ideals of public service and public education.

We highly prioritize attorney growth and satisfaction. Enjoy immediate

responsibility, regular client contact, and the chance to effectuate

meaningful change and tackle the most cutting-edge and novel legal

issues affecting public education in a collegial environment.

To that end, the office's environment promotes mentoring, and are

afforded opportunities to participate in both in-house legal education and

outside programs. We believe that a multiplicity of worldviews makes us

thrive as an office. Like the LAUSD, we are widely and regularly viewed

as one of the most diverse and inclusive law offices in the country.

Working on this legal team is an opportunity to be involved in meaningful

and impactful work in public education. We encourage attorneys

interested in public service to apply to work with the LAUSD OGC.

Project An Associate General Counsel I has primary responsibility to provide

senior management with a high-level of legal expertise in a specialized

area of law; handles complex, high profile, and exposure litigation; and

acts as Associate General Counsel II in his/her absence.

General direction is received from the General Counsel, Deputy General

Counsel, or Associate General Counsel II. General supervision is

exercised over lower-level support staff. Technical supervision may be

exercised in a specialized area of practice.

Currently there is one vacancy on the Labor and Employment Legal

Services team. This is an in-person position. Our office is located in

downtown Los Angeles.

The Labor & Employment Legal Services team addresses legal issues

arising from all aspects of employment, including those questions arising

under collective bargaining agreements in place with the District. The

lawyers of the team appear on behalf of the District in state and federal

court in lawsuits by former and current employees, in arbitration

proceedings, and represent the District's interests before the Public

Employment Relations Board and other administrative agencies.

Please note that this recruitment and resulting eligibility list may also be

used to fill future vacancies in other specialized areas/teams overseeing

other specialized areas, such as administrative disciplinary hearings,

general education matters, business and government contracts, facilities

related matters (e.g., environmental, land use, real estate, and

construction), special education matters, general liability and personal

injury litigation.

Benefits Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical,

dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans.

Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement

System (CalPERS).

Vacation: 24 days each year.

Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days.

Job Duties/Responsibilities TYPICAL DUTIES for Associate General Counsel I include:

Litigates on behalf of the District in high level and sophisticated matters

in court and in administrative agencies, and oversees outside counsel in

such matters.

Reviews and recommends assignments of legal work to Assistant

General Counsels.

Assists in the tracking of litigation, settlements, results, expenditures, and

other legal data.

Negotiates, drafts, and revises proposed legislation and advocates for

such legislation that is in the best interest of the District.

Coordinates, prioritizes, and schedules legal work with and provides

legal advice to client organizational units of the District.

Develops strategic plan for the client units that integrate multiple areas of

practice to ensure timely and complete provision of legal advice, reduce

legal costs and amounts of legal judgments or settlements, and

maximize opportunities for a client organizational unit.

Devises and implements overall legal strategies for client organizational

units on a case-by-case basis.

Represents the District as appropriate before various governmental

agencies, legislative bodies, boards, assigned committees, and the

public.

Carries out complex and sensitive legal assignments which are

potentially precedent setting for the District, generate significant cost

savings and revenue or entail high exposure.

Assists in the planning and development of legal policy and office

procedures and processes.

Assists in the selection, billing, review, and hiring of outside counsel in

one or more areas of expertise.

Performs legal research and interpretation on a variety of legal problems.

Interprets and applies laws, court decisions, and other legal authorities in

preparing memoranda, notes, opinions, rules, policies, and other

documents in relation to Education Code, Government Code, and State

and federal law.

Provides training to legal staff.

Drafts and revises memoranda, opinions, contracts, rules, policies, and

other documents to meet the needs for the District's organizational unit to

which assigned.

Negotiates complex transactions, drafts sophisticated instruments

including, but not limited to, multiple-party agreements with public

agencies and private parties, and consummates such complex

transactions.

Minimum Requirements Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a

bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an American

Bar Association (ABA) accredited institution or an institution accredited

by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California; a J.D.

degree from an ABA accredited institution is preferred.

Experience: Six (6) years of experience as a practicing member of the

Bar.

Special: Authorization to practice law in California by the California State

Bar Association.

A valid California Driver License.

Use of an automobile.

SPECIAL NOTE An employee in this class may be subject to the

reporting requirements of the District's Conflict of Interest Code.

Applicants who have completed college or university course work at an

institution in a country other than the United States, must obtain a

complete evaluation of foreign transcripts and degrees.

Please be sure to request a "Detailed" evaluation report. Please be sure

to use degree evaluation service agencies from the following approved

agencies: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.pdf

Desirable Qualifications Successful candidates will have current and active practicing attorney

experience in the last seven years. In addition, an ideal candidate will

have:

• Strong skills in research, writing, and analysis with a deep interest in

working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment with a talent for

identifying and resolving issues impacting students.

• Strong organization, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal

skills along with creativity and significant litigation knowledge are

encouraged to apply.

• Skills in one of the areas of legal specialization practiced in the OGC

with a background that matches the responsibilities and expectations for

effective job performance on the legal term to which assigned.

A primary responsibility is litigation in both courts and administrative

hearings. General knowledge necessary includes provisions of the

California Education Code, Government Code, and Code of Civil

Procedure as well as other laws - both federal and State relevant to

responsibilities; basic concepts and applications of data processing

systems, legal software applications, and methods of legal research;

alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and other forms of informal

dispute resolution; training, employee evaluation, employee relations,

and progressive discipline; government contracts; intellectual property;

electronic commerce; tort liability and litigation; workers compensation;

and risk management.

Additionally, the ideal candidate will be a skillful litigator and/or advice

and transactional attorney who can handle multiple assignments in State

and federal courts and administrative agencies, develop and build

consensus and resolve conflicts, have very strong legal research,

computer, writing, and oral communication skills; develop the trust and

confidence of clients; use an understanding of broad concepts to

integrate legal input into major District policy decisions; and have a

commitment to public service and serving the needs of the Los Angeles

Unified students and community.

Employment Selection Process The selection process/plan tentatively includes an Interview. The

Interview will provide candidates with the opportunity to highlight their

most notable legal work for the interview committee.

The Associate General Counsel Eligibility List will be created based on

each candidate's final test scores.

This recruitment will utilize Selective Certification.

INFORMATION ABOUT "SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION"

Some classified positions may require special knowledge or experience

for which Selective Certification may be made according to the Education

Code Section 45277 .5. Selective Certification is a tool that allows

management to interview additional candidates beyond the top three (3)

overall ranks who possess specialized knowledge, skill, or experience in

an area which is not widely expected in the overall recruitment pool, is

not readily developed on the job, and yet is consistent with the overall

concept of the classification.

Most all of our Associate General Counsel I positions require special

knowledge and experience for which selective certification (certification

used to hire from beyond the top three (3) ranks on an eligibility list) may

be made. Verified competence in one or more of the Selective

Certifications for the Associate General Counsel I may be considered in

filling some positions in the job classification.

The following eight (8) areas of Selective Certification and requirements

available are:

1) Administrative Legal Services

2) Business and Government Services

3) Ethics and Compliance Monitoring Legal Services

4) Education Law

5) Special Education Law

6) Facilities Law

7) General Liability Litigation

8) Labor and Employment Law

ADMINSTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience handling Administrative

Legal Services in one (1) or more of the following areas:

Certificated (teacher/administrator) dismissals before the California

Office of Administrative Hearings; Classified personnel appeals;

Administrative Writ of Mandate and State Court Appellate matters;

Advising on employee discipline and dismissal matters; Provisions of the

California Education, Government, and Labor Codes, related to classified

discipline and dismissals; Provisions of the California Code of Civil

Procedure related to Writ of Mandate actions; Provisions of the

Administrative Procedures Act.

BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to Business &

Government Service Law matters in one (1) or more of the following

areas:

Business transactions, public contracting, and procurement; Business

litigation and writ proceedings; Technology, data privacy and internet

security; State and federal legislative and administrative process;

Legislative drafting; Public finance, including Federal and State

provisions for funding K-12 schools, debt financing, and categorical

programs and grants; Risk management, insurance and indemnification

requirements; Board of Education rules; Political Reform Act; School

district policies and bulletins; Brown Act and Conflicts of Interest; Public

Records Act; copyright and other intellectual property matters; Document

retention.

ETHICS COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING LEGAL SERVICES

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience handling Ethics and

Compliance Monitoring legal services in one (1) or more of the following

areas:

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title II of Americans with Disabilities Act of

1990; Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VI of 1964, Title IX of

the Civil Rights Act of 1972; California Education Code pertaining to

educating students with disabilities; Uniform Complaint Procedure.

EDUCATION LAW

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to California and/or

Federal Education Law in one (1) or more of the following areas:

Student discipline; Ethics; First Amendment; Fourth amendment;

Secondary instruction; Elementary instructions; Interscholastic athletics;

Criminal law; Family law; Federal and State Student Privacy law; Student

Health and Safety; Title IX; California Charter School Act, guidelines and

requirements.

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to Federal and

California State special education law and regulations in one (1) or more

of the following areas:

Disabilities Education Improvement Act and California state laws

pertaining to the education of students with disabilities; advising on

special education legal matters including the provision of a Free

Appropriate Public Education; experience and handling of special

education due process hearings before the California Office of

Administrative Hearings; litigation of special education appeals in federal

and state courts; knowledge of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities

Act; knowledge of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; and the

California Administrative Procedures Act.

FACILITIES LAW

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to Facilities (Real

Estate law) regulations in one (1) or more of the following areas:

Public works construction; Public works contracting; Real Estate; Land

use and zoning; Energy; Environmental/CEQA; Prevailing wage

enforcement; Project labor agreements; School construction bond

analysis; and Charter school facilities-Prop 39.

GENERAL LIABILITY LITIGATION

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to General Liability

regulations in one (1) or more of the following areas:

Catastrophic injury claims/litigation; premises liability, general negligence

or tort liability claims/litigation; Sexual abuse or molestation

claims/litigation; Sports-related injury claims/litigation; Wrongful death

litigation; Property damage claims/litigation; traffic/auto collision claims;

Insurance coverage and bad faith claims/litigation; Risk

management-related assessment, analysis, or advice.

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW

Six (6) years of recent (within the past 10 years) and significant

transactional, advice and litigation experience related to Labor and

Employment law regulations in one (1) or more of the following areas:

Fair Employment & Housing Act; Title VII; Americans with Disabilities

Act; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Family Medical Leave

Act/California Family Rights Act; provisions of the California Education,

Government, and Labor Codes relating to labor and employment; Civil

rights laws; Traditional labor law; Wage & Hour law; Relevant court

decisions; Pertinent rules, regulations, policies, or procedures governing

human resources administrative agencies (e. g. EEOC, California Civil

Rights Department, PERB.)

Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net as an

approved sunder so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your

span/junk e-mail folder.

For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment

process, visit the 'My LAUSD Career' section of our website at

http://www.lausdjobs.org .

Application Process DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE

APPLICATION?

Email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net

To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the

website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org .

The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons

shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing

are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455

for more information.

Additional Posting Information The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a

working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment,

intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits

discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying

based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including

gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth,

breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual

orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use

restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle
Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability

(including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis,

epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart

disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics),

military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner

status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or

affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or

group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or

any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or

regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides

significant assistance.

For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213)

241-7685.

Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment

assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment

process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment

score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top

three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The

hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open

positions in related job classifications.