New York, New York8 days ago
Maintain deep expertise in Exoneration Programs, including Post-conviction Litigation, Intake, Special Litigation, and Social Work and work closely with those Program Directors to provide strategic thought-partnership and guidance; Collaborate with Directors of Post-conviction Litigation and Special Litigation teams to identify relevant and emerging legal issues, opportunities for amicus briefs, and current trends, opportunities and challenges in wrongful conviction litigation; Collaborate with the Director of Intake to monitor the efficiency of IP’s operational and structural intake processes and track relevant developments and advancements across the Network; Partner with the Director of Social work as they navigate social science research and emerging trends in the provision of social work support to innocent people who were wrongly convicted of crimes; Ensure regular collaboration with Directors of Post-conviction Litigation and Special Litigation to ensure consistency and integration of litigation goals and to improve operations, communications, and effectiveness; Plan and manage budgets with Directors of Post-conviction Litigation, Intake, Special Litigation, and Social Work and ensure effective use of organizational resources to ensure accountability and excellent stewardship; Cultivate, coordinate and maintain pro bono legal relationships and resources. The Chief Program Officer, Exoneration Strategy & Support is responsible for oversight, management, and supervision of the following program areas: Post-conviction Litigation, which provides pro-bono legal representation to approximately 200 innocent people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit; Special Litigation, which provides pro-bono legal representation in some of the Innocence Project’s most high profile and complex post-conviction cases, including but not limited to people sentenced to death and caregivers wrongly convicted of the deaths of harming children; Social Work, which provides trauma-informed support to formerly incarcerated Innocence Project clients as they transition from prison to community; and Intake & Case Evaluation which is responsible for reviewing and analyzing the 2000 requests for representation that the Innocence Project receives every year and identifying those that present a legally viable way to prove innocence.