Norristown Staff Attorney (Non-Profit)
About The Position
Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (“LASP”) seeks an attorney to provide civil legal services in its Norristown Office in Montgomery County. LASP serves individuals with limited resources in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. This position has focused previously on landlord and tenant cases including private residential rental issues such as defending evictions and addressing habitability concerns and enforcing rights provided to subsidized and public housing residents. The position may also handle issues such as bankruptcy, consumer, public benefits, and other cases as assigned. This is a full-time position. Staff currently work on a hybrid basis. The successful candidate will be expected to perform in-office work as well as be able to work remotely.
Requirements
- License to practice law in Pennsylvania or admitted in another jurisdiction and eligible for admission to Pennsylvania.
- Demonstrated proficiency in word processing, Outlook products, case management software, and online legal research tools;
- Passionate commitment to public interest law and serving low-income individuals and vulnerable populations;
- Strong written and oral advocacy and organizational skills;
- The successful candidate must be willing to accept complex and challenging cases and develop creative strategies to assist clients.
Nice To Haves
- Spanish language fluency is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Interviewing clients, assisting in determining eligibility for services, and ascertaining and investigating facts;
- Conducting legal research and interpreting statutes, case law, regulations, and other sources of law;
- Providing advice and counsel to clients;
- Preparing legal documents, including but not necessarily limited to: briefs, pleadings, motions, notices, correspondence, memoranda, discovery and documents responsive to discovery requests;
- Developing strategy and arguments for presentation of cases and assisting in preparation of witnesses for hearings and trials;
- Representing clients in trial and appellate courts and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies;
- Reviewing decisions and consulting with management team to determine merit of potential appeals;
- Participating in external professional and community organizations relevant to casework;
- Conducting clinics, community education, and workshops;
- Becoming engaged in LASP team efforts to achieve office and program goals, including participation in program-wide affinity groups and task forces;
- Developing knowledge of referral resources and assessing community and client needs.
- Enhancing skills and substantive knowledge through training, CLE, and other educational opportunities;
- Abiding by all applicable professional standards of ethics and practice;
- Completing required administrative tasks including entering of notes and timekeeping in LASP case management software, and maintaining of physical files;
- Ensuring that requirements of grants and contracts which may provide funding for the position are followed, and assisting with grant reports;
- Performing other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
Benefits
- Excellent benefits, including a 401K retirement plan with generous employer contributions, health insurance option in which 100% of premium costs are provided, ancillary benefits, and generous leave provisions, including paid holidays, floating holidays, personal leave, vacation, sick, and parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
