Job Opportunities

Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney
(5-7+ years of experience*)

Compensation: $147,576 - $160,992, plus benefits**

Location: Berkeley, CA (hybrid workplace, in-office attendance required)

Application Deadline: July 7, 2025

 *PLO seeks an attorney with 5-7 years of post-law school experience. However, we will also consider applications from candidates with 8+ years of experience. Attorneys with 8+ years of experience have the Senior Staff Attorney title. 

**The salary for this position is based upon a non-negotiable salary scale for attorneys at PLO; the range listed is from the 2024-2025 salary scale for attorneys with 5-7 years of experience.

 What We Do:

Prison Law Office is a nonprofit public interest law firm that strives to reduce incarceration and demands fair and humane treatment for people who remain in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities and who are on parole. Prison Law Office engages in class action and other impact litigation, advocates for policy and law changes, assists individuals in administrative actions and lawsuits, educates the public, creates and distributes self-help information, and lends technical assistance to other attorneys.

 The Role:

Staff Attorneys and Senior Staff Attorneys play a leading role in the litigation of individual and class claims on behalf of incarcerated people, from fact-gathering and initial case research through discovery, motion practice, settlement negotiations, and trial and appellate work. Attorneys are expected to be proficient in legal research, writing, and oral advocacy. Much of the role will involve post-trial remedial monitoring and remedial litigation practice on long-running state-wide or county-wide class actions; attorneys frequently tour correctional facilities and interview incarcerated people and correctional staff to monitor compliance with existing decrees.

For more information on the role and how to apply, see the full job posting here.

Prison Law Office is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization and community.  We can only maintain excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse staff that includes all races, ages, backgrounds, citizenships, national origins, disabilities, gender identities, languages, military experiences, sexual orientations, religions, socioeconomic status, work experiences, and historically excluded communities.