Legal Director

Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab are seeking a Legal Director.

About Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab Local Progress and the Local Progress Impact Lab work collectively to advance a racial and economic justice agenda through all levels of government.

Local Progress (LP) is a movement of more than 1,500 local elected officials advancing a racial and economic justice agenda through all levels of local government.

The Local Progress Impact Lab (the Impact Lab) brings together local leaders, partners, and experts to build the knowledge, skills, and leadership needed to advance racial and economic justice at the local level.

About the Position :

• Working as part of a national Legal and Policy team, the Legal Director will provide legal, policy, research, and strategy support to local elected officials in a variety of geographies, with particular emphasis on the organization’s priority issue areas, which include immigrant justice, economic justice and worker power, reimagining public safety, home rule and local democracy,  and advancing housing justice for all.
• The Legal Director will be tasked with leading and supporting our work to protect local communities on the front lines of authoritarianism, empower our network of local elected officials to dissent and self-govern, and devise creative legal and policy solutions to the challenges facing local governance.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is eager to build the legal and policy capacity of the Local Progress network, which is comprised of elected officials serving in cities, counties, and school boards.
• This role will provide timely resources, strategy, and collaboration to Local Progress members on the forefront of efforts to work hand-in-hand with impacted communities to win transformational local policy on some of the most pressing issues facing communities today.
• Moreover, in light of growing state and federal authoritarianism, this role will also play a pivotal role in supporting and developing local, state, and national strategies to defend democracy.
• The Legal Director will also supervise staff, develop and anchor partnerships with national, state, and local legal partners to advance shared goals, and work closely with the Managing Director, Legal and Policy, to grow the organization’s legal and policy capacity and vision.  The Legal Director will report to the Managing Director, Legal and Policy.

Location :

Travel Requirement :

Required Qualifications :

Ability to travel up to six days a month.  The Ideal Candidate Will Have :

Salary and Benefits :

The Local Progress office is closed between December 24 and January 1 annually.  This is a management position and will not be part of the Local Progress and the Impact Lab bargaining unit.  Timeline :

Priority consideration will be given to applicants who apply by October 31, 2025.

The anticipated start date for this position is January 20, 2026.  How to apply :

We strive to understand each other as full human beings, and give each other grace and room to grow.  Honesty :

We ground our work in the day-to-day reality and needs of our members.  Mutual accountability :

We self-reflect and develop each other’s skills as leaders.  Nuance :

We can hold many things as true while making decisions that advance our mission.  Impact :

We take pride in our work.  Collaboration :

We center what’s best for the organization and are team players.  Joy :