Chief of Staff

founder-facing role

Chief of Staff / Secretary

• Court work and drafting
• Policy and research work
• Communication and coordination
• Day-to-day management of the office

• Litigation support

• Legal research for cases
• Drafting petitions, affidavits, applications, notes
• Preparing list of dates, briefs, hearing notes
• Helping compile and organise case files and bundles

• Policy & research

• Assisting in basic policy/legal research
• Drafting short notes, explainers, and articles
• Keeping track of important legal/policy developments

• Founder’s Office / PS work

• Managing the Managing Partner’s calendar (hearings, meetings, drafting time)
• Tracking deadlines, filings and follow-ups
• Drafting emails, letters and brief notes
• Coordinating with clients, clerks, counsel and vendors

• Office & file management

• Maintaining orderly physical and digital files
• Keeping simple trackers/spreadsheets for matters and tasks
• Taking short minutes/action points for key meetings

• LL.B. / integrated law degree
• Enrolled with a State Bar Council (or immediately eligible and intending to enrol)
• 0–3 years’ experience (newly enrolled advocates may apply)

• Strong legal research and drafting
• Very good written and spoken English; basic Hindi helpful
• Good communication and coordination skills
• Comfort with Word/Google Docs, PDFs and basic Excel/sheets
• Reliability, discretion and ability to handle responsibility

• Compensation will be discussed during the selection process, in line with the current stage of the organisation.

nyayalaw.office@gmail.com

Attach:

1. CV 
2. Short writing sample (legal or policy, ~800–1500 words)
3. 1 short note (150–250 words):