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Experienced Title IX Advocate - Founding Cohort to Advise Campus Survivors of Repeat Offenders

Help survivors of repeat offenders navigate their options. Join our vision of a world where sexual assault is rare and survivors receive the support they deserve.

Posted June 25, 2020

Background & Context

Callisto, a non-profit that creates technology to combat sexual assault, empower survivors, and advance justice, is recruiting a cohort of attorneys with *Title IX expertise* to serve as “Legal Options Counselors” and provide advice and counsel to college survivors of repeat offenders.

Callisto Legal Options Counselors:
Support survivor agency
Are highly empathetic and use a survivor centered-approach
Are knowledgeable about what legal options exist (and don’t)
Think expansively and freely beyond existing legal routes (i.e. restorative justice, etc.)
Understand intersectional trauma and oppression

Other requirements:
Title IX expertise representing & advising college victims of sexual assault (at least 3 cases)
Familiarity with the new Title IX regulations
CA or NY bar license
This limited scope engagement will be done entirely remotely, and should be limited to no more than 10 hours per client. It can often take significantly less time.

Meet the requirements? Interested in joining our vision of a world where sexual assault is rare and survivors receive the support they deserve? Click volunteer to get started.

Work & Deliverables

Advice & counsel (up to 10 hours) per each survivor. Commitment to one client/month.

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Additional Information

  • Time Commitment: 6-10 hours
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Additional Training Details: Volunteers will be trained on Callisto's secure platform to connect with clients and provide case closing information. Volunteers must bring Title IX and survivor advocacy expertise.
  • Site-Preference: Remote
  • Open to Law Students: No
  • Bar License(s) required: California, New York
  • Required Languages: None
  • Required Legal Expertise: Civil Rights, Education Law
  • Signup Deadline: July 25, 2020
  • Mentoring Provided: Yes
  • Supervision Provided: Yes
Callisto

Callisto's mission is to empower survivors of sexual violence to navigate inequitable systems utilizing technology. We envision a world in which survivors of sexual violence are supported and empowered to find healing and justice on their own terms.

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