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ACLU Salary Scale?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:51 pm
by Lukey1223
Is anyone familiar with the ACLU
attorney salary scale?
Re: ACLU Salary Scale?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:19 am
by Lukey1223
Anyone? :-/
Re: ACLU Salary Scale?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:57 am
by chris0805
I had a mock interview with an ACLU attorney a couple weeks ago, and he seemed to suggest that it's about 55-60 when you start and it moves up to 70-80. Still, you have to keep a couple of things in mind
(1) The ACLU almost NEVER talks someone for litigation work unless they have clerked/worked for a couple years so in a way, 55K isn't really entry level.
(2) This is the salary information for people at the national headquarters in NYC
So, it's not a luxurious lifestyle. 70-80 sounds pretty nice and it is. You can certainly live off of it, and it would be luxurious anywhere except NYC. A nice 2BR apartment in a "low cost" area of Manhattan or nice part of Brooklyn can run you 900,000. Suddenly 80K isn't worth what you might have thought.
Re: ACLU Salary Scale?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:38 am
by Lukey1223
Thank you very much for your reply! I appreciate the frame of reference.