About Law for Black Lives
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. L4BL is a fiscally sponsored project at NEO Philanthropy.
Through the coordination and provision of legal support, training, mentorship, research, political education, policy and popular education tools, we are building a legal infrastructure that is responsive, action-oriented and collaborative.
Law for Black Lives Guiding Values
We believe in using the law for the people and that legal tools should be used to build the power of movements.
We are committed to the liberation and self-determination of all Black people -- including Black women and LGBTQIA folks.
We hold ourselves accountable to support movements for Black liberation including organic uprisings. This means following the leadership of movement organizers and taking direction and feedback from our partners.
We are political. We understand that this work requires political lawyering and explicit partnership with movement activists/organizers.
We strive to think creatively and collectively about how the law can be used to support movements while respecting activists’ and organizers’ political choices.
We are unapologetically committed to developing and following the leadership of Black people within the law.
We believe in the importance and necessity of an agile and radical legal infrastructure that supports liberation movements.
We believe in actively combatting the elitism, hierarchies, and lawyer-centric tendencies within the legal world.
We believe in an internationalist approach that draws connections between the struggle for human rights and dignity in Black communities in the United States and across the globe.
We are committed to continued growth and in the words of Mary Hooks, we are willing and ready to be transformed in service of the work.
We believe in creating a space that is affirming, healing, transparent, and respectful. We work to ensure that those spaces don’t replicate the kinds of oppression, harm, and trauma that we are working against.
All open roles can be applied to HERE
Deadline: Please submit resume, cover letter, writing sample, and at least three references by 11.14.25 for priority review. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Legal Research & Policy Manager
Law for Black Lives (L4BL) is seeking an experienced researcher who is creative and passionate about liberation to join the organization as the Legal Research & Policy Manager. This position is a unique opportunity to develop and publish a wealth of information that will support the transformation of the law for the betterment of Black people, as well as work directly with movement organizations that are leading visionary campaigns pushing us closer to Black liberation.
Research, Education, &Training Program Manager
Law for Black Lives (L4BL) is seeking an experienced relational leader to join the organization as the Research, Education, and Training (RET) Program Manager. This position offers a unique opportunity to develop and maintain programming that provides experiential learning opportunities to radical law students, legal workers, and lawyers interested in deepening their commitment to movement.
Partnerships Coordinator
Law for Black Lives (L4BL) is seeking an experienced relational leader to join the organization as the Partnerships Coordinator. This position is a unique opportunity to develop and maintain relationships with our growing Partnerships Network and provide them with critical legal and policy support and coordination.