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Northwest Justice Project Reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

67% positive business outlook

Northwest Justice Project has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northwest Justice Project employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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24 reviews
3.0
16 Oct 2022
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Pros

Great work to do. Fair compensation.

Cons

Toxic people are tolerated until it’s a level 10 dumpster fire. Decision making untransparent and incredibly slow. No clear direction. Incompetency rewarded based on favoritism

2.0
17 Oct 2023

Lawyers ruin everything

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Pros

Many many wonderful and dedicated coworkers, attorneys and staff alike, who are incredibly generous with their time for both clients and colleagues. There are so many incredible colleagues who are kind and compassionate human beings, and who were drawn to and who are guided by the mission to serve the most vulnerable in our communities. Pay and benefits are actually quite good for legal aid/nonprofit, at least so long as you are an attorney. Multiple office locations around the state, decent mobility for internal transfers. Strong technology resources. Strong professional development resources available including group membership to PLI, ability to tap into free CLE for legal aid.

Cons

Toxic "hall monitor" management more focused on micromanagement rather than supporting people and helping them do their best work to serve our clients. Hiring and training of managers is awful - attorneys who were strong individual contributors have a VERY different skill set that often is not well-suited for management, but are most often the ones who get "promoted" into management. Some managers completely fail to use the resources available to them such as "best practices" guides. Policies and procedures are enforced inconsistently depending on who your manager is, as well as who you are. DEI is weaponized and is mostly used protect the org from employment practices liability, but there is little or no authentic commitment from senior management to be an anti-racist org, resulting in managers allowing their implicit (and explicit) biases to impact hiring decisions. Non-attorney staff pay is not great and the inequities caused by this are stark. Little real upward mobility unless you want to become management and to tolerate the toxic management culture. All of this results in insanely high turnover - attorneys last on average 3 years and then leave NJP. Low-income clients need and deserve highly experienced attorneys, not a constantly revolving door because of NJP's inept management.

4.0
29 May 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Northwest Justice Project offers an incredible culture of support for its attorneys. Coworkers and managers go out of their way to help each other and make sure clients get the best service possible. Hours are reasonable. This is a very vision-oriented organization and the people who work here are driven by that vision.

Cons

People who are not committed to public interest work tend not to last. This work can be stressful, especially for those who do not know what to expect. Clients have many challenges and bring a lot of issues to the table. Attorneys must be adept at communicating with all kinds of people, and must be able to think on their feet.. The pay, while good for a legal aid program, lags behind government attorney jobs.

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