What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Attorney - Housing - Lawyer of the Day position at National Legal Aid & Defender Association?
Position Description
STAFF ATTORNEY
Job Title: Staff Attorney #242 Pittsburgh Office
Department: Legal Services
Reports to: Managing Attorney - Housing
Neighborhood Legal Services is a non-profit organization that secures justice and resolves fundamental legal problems for those who are low-income and vulnerable in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence Counties by providing high-quality legal services and community legal education. Founded in 1966, NLS has provided civil legal aid to more than 1.2 million of our low-income neighbors in need of legal assistance .
The Neighborhood Legal Services staff attorneys are to provide the highest quality of legal representation and handle all functions related to case work in a high-volume, general law practice. Legal representation may include providing advice, limited services, referral, and/or extended representation.
Job Summary
In this role, the staff attorney will provide legal representation and address legal issues related to housing insecurity including eviction prevention and other legal barriers to housing stability. This position will provide full service at the Magistrate level in the Lawyer of the Day Program. The legal areas may change as client needs and funding requirements change.
Duties/Responsibilities
STAFF ATTORNEY
Job Title: Staff Attorney #242 Pittsburgh Office
Department: Legal Services
Reports to: Managing Attorney - Housing
Neighborhood Legal Services is a non-profit organization that secures justice and resolves fundamental legal problems for those who are low-income and vulnerable in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence Counties by providing high-quality legal services and community legal education. Founded in 1966, NLS has provided civil legal aid to more than 1.2 million of our low-income neighbors in need of legal assistance .
The Neighborhood Legal Services staff attorneys are to provide the highest quality of legal representation and handle all functions related to case work in a high-volume, general law practice. Legal representation may include providing advice, limited services, referral, and/or extended representation.
Job Summary
In this role, the staff attorney will provide legal representation and address legal issues related to housing insecurity including eviction prevention and other legal barriers to housing stability. This position will provide full service at the Magistrate level in the Lawyer of the Day Program. The legal areas may change as client needs and funding requirements change.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Screen clients for eligibility and make referrals, as needed;
- Conduct preliminary and subse¬quent interviews with clients;
- Conduct factual investigation, analysis, and legal research, as needed;
- Develop case theory and strategy for the representation;
- Keep clients informed on an ongoing basis and provide counsel about their options;
- Prepare pleadings, including but not limited to, complaints, answers, memoranda of law, briefs as may be needed;
- Prepare cases and represent clients in negotiations, hearings, trials, and appeals;
- Monitor client files and close files in a timely manner as required by program policy;
- Enter time in a timely manner pursuant to program policy;
- Maintain case files in accordance with NLSA standards.
- Provide outreach to our communities and participate in professional organizations.
- Stay current on matters of the law.
