Staff Attorney

3-3 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Atlanta Legal Aid Society - Staff Attorney

**Organization:** Atlanta Legal Aid Society

**Job Title:** Staff Attorney

**Location:** Gwinnett County, Georgia

The Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) is seeking a Staff Attorney to focus on advice and brief service in its Gwinnett County office and the Gwinnett County Law Library located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education and health law. The Gwinnett County office is currently comprised of a managing attorney, 6 full-time attorneys, a part-time attorney, 4 paralegals, and 2 support staff.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide consultations, brief service, and advice in civil legal matters 3 days a week in the Gwinnett County Law Library
- Create and revise pro se family law forms, brochures, and other resources 2 days a week in the Gwinnett County office
- Develop and deliver quarterly presentations on legal topics relevant to pro se litigants

**Qualifications:**

- Georgia bar license and at least 3 years of litigation experience in the area of family law
- Excellent legal writing skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a team and alone
- Adaptability
- Appreciation of diversity
- Experience in housing, consumer, public benefits, education, and health law
- Demonstrated commitment to public service
- Prior work with low-income people
- Participation in law school clinics and trial advocacy courses
- Proficiency in languages other than English, particularly Spanish

**Salary and Benefits:**

- This is a grant-funded position expected to continue through 2024 with the potential for annual renewal
- Salary is $59,600+ depending on experience
- Salaries increase annually based on a salary scale
- Generous fringe benefits including 13 paid holidays, 6 weeks paid time off, 6 weeks parental leave
- Health, life, and long and short-term disability insurance
- Partial payment for dependent health insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month
- Voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match
- Georgia Bar dues and CLE expenses

**Application Requirements:**

- Letter of interest
- Resume
- Writing sample (advice letter, pleading, legal memorandum, or brief)
- Official law school transcript
- Names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work)

Submit the above requirements as one (1) PDF using the online application system at . For technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email . Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls please.

The Atlanta Legal Aid Society considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

13 paid holidays, 6 weeks paid time off, 6 weeks parental leave; health, life, and long and short-term disability insurance; partial payment for dependent health insurance; a salary reduction option for a flexible spending account; educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement amounts); voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match; Georgia Bar dues and CLE expenses.

Spanish (preferred)

Legal Writing, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Adaptability, Appreciation of Diversity

Law Degree

Submit a letter of interest; resume; writing sample (advice letter, pleading, legal memorandum, or brief); official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript); and the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) as one (1) PDF using our online application system at .

Qualification and Experience Georgia Bar License and at least 3 years of litigation experience in the area of family law

Legal