Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Staff Attorneys Re Maldef's Vice President for Legal Programs Position

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November 19, 1985

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Staff Attorneys Re Maldef's Vice President for Legal Programs Position, 1985. f75dc895-e792-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e4d3b71d-e6dd-4508-97dd-90b48f41f5cc/memorandum-from-lani-guinier-to-staff-attorneys-re-maldefs-vice-president-for-legal-programs-position. Accessed November 06, 2025.

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Lani Guinier

November L9, 1985

To: Staff Attorneys

Re: Maldef rs Vd-ce President for
Legal Programs position.

FYI

I,IALDEF has an opening in L.A.
or San Francisco for a senior
litigator.

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534 S. Spring St., ltth
Los Angeles, CA 90014

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November 12, 1985

Lani Guinier, esq.
99 Hudson Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Dear Lani,

The vice President for Legar programs position in LIALDEF ispresently available. we are seeking a committed and experiencedcivil rights attorney who can direct MALDEFts varied liiigationefforts. rt is a challenging and rewarding position. rf you knowof any one interested in applying r please share the attached job
announcement with them. Any questions concerning the position
should be directed to my office.
Thanking you in advance for your courteous attention.
Si nce re 1y ,

il.#*.r.
Antonia Hernandez
President and General Counsel

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JOB ANNOTINCE}TENT

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The Vlce Presldent for Lega! Programs assutres overall supervlsion of lltlgatlon
and lega1 advocacy actlvt;ies rhile supervlstng fotmulatton and inplementatl'on

of legal progratr goals, conduct of cases and advocscy sctlvlties' The vlce
presldent for l,egI1. Prograns also evaluates and coordlnates Progratr work of
Iegal staff

RESPONSIBILITI ES

The vlce President for Legal Programs rePorts to the Presldent and General

Counsel and ls responsibte tor piannlng, lmplenenting, and supervising
UALDEF's nationat iitigation and advocacy Progran' L'hile the positlon will
entail some lnvolvement in managenent and organlzational planning, and a

considerable anount of assi=t.o." ln the substantlve aspects of fundraising'
its prinary cotrponent will be <iirection of UALDEF's lega1 ProgralDs' The

Vice President for Legal Programs:

. formutates and oversees inplenentation of policy positions and

advocacystrategiesonlegalandpoliticallssuesofconcernto
HALDEF;

. supervlses conduct of pending lltigation and ensures ProPer handling
of difficult and/or significant cases and litigation problems,

' Lncluding aPPeals;

. reviews formulation and lmplementatlon of programmatic objectlves
for HALDEF, lts regional offlces and lts prograns;

.conduct6'asapproprl.ate,llnltedaEountofsignificantcomplex
Iitigation and advocacY;

. oversees case lntake and docket development' with attention to
organizational and prograrrmatic objectlves;

. monitors, ensures, and expedites applications and receipt of adequate

avards of attornel'st fees in fee-producing cases;

.evaluates,inconjunctionwithdlrectsuPervisors,Performanceof
. legal staff;

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LEGAL PROGRAHS Pege 2VICE PRESIDENT FOR

. lBElBtE, lt neces8ary, 1n reportt to end dlscusston wlth Board of
Dlrectors, fundlng 6ource6, lnd other bodles outslde staff, tnd 1u

publtc cducatlon (oedla) actlvltles; aad

. coordlnate6 cooperatlve efforts wlth other organtzatlons and flrus rlth
a vlew to obtatntng addltlonal resources and support for I{ALDEFTs

ProS,raBs.

UALDErTs Sau Antonlo, Los Angeles, and Chlcago regional offlces and all
I{ALDEF rubstantlve legal ProS,raD dtrectors rePort to the Vlce Presldent
for Legal Programs.

9UATIFICATTONS

The Vlce Presldent for Legal, Programs must be an excellent and experlenced
attorney rrith 6ubject Datter knoiledge and background tn several of UALDEFTs

uaJor progratr rr""" (enploynent, education, votlng rlghts, lr'rnigratlon) and

ttrl aUiffiy and conrrnltment to becotre an exPert ln a1I of those areas' An

excellent record ln a mlnlmum of six to elght years of practlce ln PerttDeDt
areas of clvil rlghts/publlc lnterest lau wll1 be taken as strong lndlcatlon
of these quallficatlons. The Vlce President for Legal Programs must also
have demonstrated a strong cornmituent to, and knonledge of, civil rights
activlties for the benefit of Hispanics'

APPLICATIO}i PROCEDURE

Letters applylng for the vice President for Legal Programs Position accompanied

by resune and references should be nailed by November 25, 1985 to:

Antonia Bernandez
President and General Counsel

UALDEF
634 South SPring Street, llth Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90014

UALDEF ls a national non-profit lau and tsispanic civil rights advocacy

organization headquartered in San Francisco with offlces in Los Angeles'
San lntonio, Chicago, lJashington, D.C., and satelltte offices in Sacramento

Santa Clara, and Oiltas. I,IALDEF ls an equal opportunlty employer.

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