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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)

Damon T. Hewitt

100% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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36 reviews
1.0
Mar 15, 2020
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Pros

The office is downtown DC on K street near great places to eat. Staff not in upper management are friendly and passionate about the work. Interns are treated well, though not paid

Cons

Staff turnover is VERY HIGH. There is a reason for this. Outside of the economic justice and housing projects, people are unhappy and unappreciated. Upper management does not heed the concerns of their staff (fair pay, respect, recognition, etc) and never will until real change occurs. For a “civil rights” organization there is a lot of change that has to happen, starting with upper management

1.0
Sep 16, 2020

Where Civil Rights are just a facade for fundraising

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Pros

Fellow staff are great to commiserate with! The Lawyers' Committee is a great stepping stone to another place but don't plan to spend more than 1-2 years here for your sanity.

Cons

It is unbelievably disheartening to work at the Lawyers' Committee as it pretends to advocate on behalf of Black Americans and people of color while treating its staff of color and LGBTQ+ staff like disposable trash. Executive management is dreadful. The benefits are mediocre at best and salary is well below sister organizations that Executive Management wants the organization to be compared to. There's minimal work-life balance, which the Pres claims is because of Trump, but it's really because they don't hire adequate support staff. Whoever heard of a well-endowed legal organization without legal assistants and paralegals? Counsels and Project Directors do a lot of assistant-level work, so there's no ability to efficiently operate at a high-level. Turnover is high as a result. The Executive Management team has taken their disregard for staff to a new level during the COVID-19 Pandemic and doesn't provide adequate guidance or any sort of plan for teleworking. Decisions are made on a week's notice, even though most staff know it's not safe to return back to the office. There's a reason why the only positive reviews for the org are from former interns.

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