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Family Law Attorney in Tulsa, OK

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. Jul 12,2020 Apr 23,2020 Location Tulsa OK
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Public Interest

Attorney

Family Law

Min 3 yrs required

Profile

Managing Attorney Duties: Play a leadership role in efforts to provide high-quality representation to indigent parents and will provide administrative oversight and support for the independent contracted attorneys providing parent representation. Will need to create, evaluate, and refine processes and tools to deliver high-quality representation and regularly review, understand, and thoughtfully implement new initiatives by gathering, analyzing and reporting data. Provide training, oversight, and evaluation of the attorneys as well as relevant legal training for social workers and parent advocates working directly with the attorneys. Attend and actively participate in laso administrative meetings and agency-wide management meetings. Also work closely with other external stakeholders in the child welfare system. Recruiting and determine eligibility of private attorneys seeking an annual contract for parent representation; Overseeing quality of practice though annual review of the attorneys’ competency and quality of legal services as well as addressing the validity of any concerns expressed by clients or the courts; Assisting with the supervision of a staff social workers; Monitoring attorney case assignments and workloads, without substantive supervision of the same, to ensure that high-quality services are being provided; Helping contracted attorneys through trainings and providing technical assistance; Developing and maintaining information sharing resources (listserv, brief bank, forms bank, informational handbooks, and case law); Generating management reports; Compiling data and statistics; Meeting with judges regarding court administration of the Oklahoma Children’s Code; Attending meetings with administrative staff and staff in other offices to discuss management issues and child welfare policy and practice issues; Developing and maintaining working relationships with judges, bar associations, Department of Human Services, along with other organizations and individuals working with child welfare laws; Planning or assisting in planning and developing policies and procedures, goals and objectives of the DPR; Identifying systemic problems and developing strategies for addressing those problems; Identifying and creating professional development opportunities for attorneys and support staff: and Performing other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualification and Experience

Requirements: Licensed to practice law in the State of Oklahoma. JD Degree /LL.B. from an accredited law school AND 10 years licensed attorney work experience. Preferred: 3 years of supervisory experience and 5+ years of litigation experience in deprived cases, including substantial hearing and trial experience. Licensed to practice law in the State of Oklahoma. Knowledge of: Legal principles and practices including civil, juvenile, constitutional, and alternative dispute resolution. Management and supervisory principles, practices, and techniques. Skill in: All aspects of substantive civil child abuse and neglect litigation. Supervising others and allocating resources. Problem solving and decision-making. Analyzing and appraising facts, policies, procedures and legal precedents in area of specialty. Both verbal and written communication, including presentations. Ability to: Motivate, train, supervise and develop attorneys and support staff. Operate a variety of office equipment and a computer including word processing, spreadsheets, databases and variety of software packages. Work independently and meet deadlines. Manage time well and perform multiple tasks, and organize diverse activities. Work well under pressure and exercise tact in trying situations. Establish and maintain effective working relations with outside agencies, state agencies, local courts, and the general public. Manage, analyze and interpret office related data. 3+ years of supervisory experience and 5+ years of litigation experience in deprived cases, including substantial hearing and trial experience.

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