Job Title: Counsel II, Real Estate Job Responsibilities: - Provides counsel and advice on a wide range of transactional real estate health care-related matters, including leases, licenses, estoppel certificates, SDNAs, easements, and other related documents. - Assesses legal risk impacting business and/or clinical operations and proposes solutions. - Serves as a subject matter expert on real estate matters. - Negotiates agreements, conducts legal research, interprets laws,
Job Title: Pasadena Self-Help Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Provide information, resources, and assistance to self-represented individuals in person and remotely, primarily focusing on civil court matters with an emphasis on housing issues. - Train and oversee the work of volunteers and staff ensuring effective support and operation of the Self-Help Center. - Collaborate with court staff for the daily operation of the Pasadena Self-Help Center. - Work in a hybrid mo
Job Title: Post Graduate Fellow - Stay Housed LA Project Job Responsibilities: - Assist with defending tenants against eviction in all stages of litigation. - Interview and counsel clients affected by housing issues. - Participate in clinics and other community outreach projects. - Work on policy issues relating to eviction and/or housing. - Represent subsidized housing clients in administrative hearings and writs. - Travel to various branch offices, courts, government agenc
Job Title: Staff Attorney – Stay Housed LA Program Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Stay Housed LA Program is responsible for providing legal representation and advice to tenants facing eviction in Los Angeles. This includes defending clients in various courthouses such as Stanley Mosk, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Pasadena, West Covina, and Antelope Valley. The attorney will work directly with clients throughout all stages of litigation, including pleadings, disc...
JOB TITLE: STAFF ATTORNEY - MEDICAL-LEGAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The Staff Attorney at the organization will be tasked with providing free legal services to participants of the Medical-Legal Community Partnership (MLCP) in Los Angeles County. The primary responsibilities include: - Offering competent legal assistance to clients through various means such as advice and counsel, research and writing, negotiation, administrative advocacy, and court advocac
JOB TITLE: Staff Attorney – Transition Age Youth Medical-Legal Partnership JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The Staff Attorney will be responsible for providing free legal services to transition age youth (TAY) clients. The role involves responding to referrals from partner organizations as well as assisting individuals through the general intake line when necessary. Key duties include: - Offering competent legal assistance through advice, counsel, research, writing, negotiation, a...
Position: Attorney – Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup Location: TBD Salary: $85,000k - $91,936k / annually DOE, with excellent benefits Availability: Immediately Application Deadline: Continuous until position is filled. Are you interested in joining an organization dedicated to i
Job Title: Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Associate General Counsel at the organization is responsible for providing guidance and counsel to internal stakeholders on a wide range of legal matters. These include general operations and administration, nonprofit governance, contracts, fundraising, labor and employment, litigation, intellectual property, tax, data privacy and cybersecurity, and lobbying. The role involves working closely with the General Cou
**Job Title: Shriver Supervising Attorney - Homelessness Prevention Project** **Job Responsibilities:** The Supervising Attorney will be responsible for overseeing the Shriver Housing Project under the Homelessness Prevention Law Project (HPLP) at the organization. This role involves managing a team of three or more Staff Attorneys and three paralegals dedicated to supporting unrepresented low-income litigants in unlawful detainer actions. Key responsibilities include: - Su
**Job Title:** Shriver Staff Attorney - Homelessness Prevention Law Project **Job Responsibilities:** The Shriver Staff Attorney will report to the Supervising Attorney and will have the following responsibilities: - Manage a personal caseload involving unlawful detainer cases, which includes conducting client interviews, drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, briefs, and correspondence, negotiating with outside parties, representing clients in court, and conducting jury
Job Title: Managing Counsel - Commercial Job Responsibilities: The Managing Counsel will be a crucial member of the legal team, collaborating closely with the Associate General Counsel and the broader legal department to provide legal advice to the organization's senior management. The role involves leveraging negotiation, relationship-building, critical-thinking, and communication skills to support the commercial teams' legal needs. Key responsibilities include: - Supporti
**Job Title: National Staff Attorney** **Job Responsibilities:** - Advocate for children’s best interests before government or other interested parties. - Supervise volunteers appointed as Child Advocate for unaccompanied and separated children in federal custody. - Serve as Child Advocate to a select number of cases as needed. - Visit children (virtually or in-person) and communicate with caregivers, family members, and stakeholders. - Provide internal case consultation a...
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Stay Housed LA) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will be part of a team under the Stay Housed LA program and report to the Supervising Attorney. This role involves providing eviction defense, pro per document preparation, and tenant counseling services. Key responsibilities include: - Managing a personal caseload of unlawful detainer (eviction) cases, involving client interviews, drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, briefs, and correspo
Job Title: Associate Attorney, California Regional Office Job Responsibilities: The Associate Attorney will engage in legal advocacy, including litigation and administrative advocacy, within the California Regional Office. The role is integral to legal actions that aim to enhance public health and environmental protection, particularly focusing on the Right to Zero priorities. The attorney will: - Collaborate closely with attorneys, scientists, professional staff, and clien
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Immigration Removal Defense) Job Responsibilities: - Provide direct representation in removal proceedings to unaccompanied children, adults with mental competency issues, and detained or non-detained adults and families. This includes clients with complex immigration issues, such as those with juvenile or criminal histories. - Deliver high-quality, client-centered representation for clients facing deportation proceedings. - Determine eligibility fo
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Immigration Rapid Response) Job Responsibilities: - Provide high-quality, client-centered representation for clients facing deportation proceedings. - Rapidly assess and respond to the immediate legal needs of detained migrants or those impacted by raids or other enforcement actions. - File emergency motions, such as bond motions, stays of removal, or motions to reopen, habeas petitions, etc., within short timeframes. - Represent individuals in exp
Job Title: Managing Attorney (Eviction Prevention Legal Services) – Eviction Defense Center Job Responsibilities: - Supervise a team of Housing Intake Paralegals providing limited scope services to low-income tenants experiencing housing issues as part of Stay Housed LA. - Oversee Intake Paralegal casework to ensure efficient, client-centered, and trauma-informed services. This includes reviewing and closing case files for substantive quality and administrative compliance,...
Job Title: Attorney – Eviction Defense Center (Multiple Positions) Job Responsibilities: - Litigate eviction cases in Los Angeles County Courthouses. - Interview and counsel clients affected by housing problems. - Participate in clinics and other community outreach projects. - Work on policy issues relating to eviction and/or housing. - Represent subsidized housing clients at administrative hearings and writs. - Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience I...
Job Title: Attorney (Housing) – Asian & Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project workgroup Job Responsibilities: The role of Attorney within the Asian & Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project workgroup involves various responsibilities centered on housing law. The attorney will provide direct representation and legal services to low-income tenants, including handling unlawful detainer litigation in Superior Court locations throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. T...
Job Title: Attorney – Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup Job Responsibilities: The Attorney position within the Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup involves several critical responsibilities aimed at assisting survivors of domestic violence with restraining order and family law matters in Los Angeles County. Attorneys in this role work closely with clients through direct representation, court-based domestic violence clinics, and virtual family law drafting appointment...
Position: Attorney – Immigration Access Workgroup Job Responsibilities: The Attorney in the Immigration Access Workgroup is tasked with managing a diverse caseload related to immigration, specifically handling cases in immigration court. Responsibilities include representing undocumented survivors of domestic violence, torture, human trafficking, and other serious abuses in removal proceedings and before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The a...
Job Title: Housing Justice Post-Graduate Legal Fellowship Job Responsibilities: The Housing Justice Post-Graduate Legal Fellowship is a full-time, exempt position that involves engaging in fast-paced eviction defense litigation. Fellows will have opportunities to work directly with clients, handle all stages of cases from pleadings to discovery, motions, hearings, settlement, and trial. The fellowship also includes participation in community outreach and education efforts an
Job Title: Staff Attorney Department: Tenant Defense Project Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney with the Tenant Defense Project at the organization is tasked with a variety of responsibilities aimed at combating homelessness and ensuring justice for low-income tenants. Key duties include: - Managing a caseload of eviction defense (unlawful detainer) cases to help expand tenant defense work. - Engaging in fast-paced litigation and working with an eviction defense t
Job Title: Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Job Responsibilities: - Lead complex climate and energy cases before state public utility commissions, state and federal agencies, and state and federal courts. - Conduct litigation and advocacy efforts, including factual investigations, developing legal theories, securing expert testimony, and submitting comments, petitions, briefs, and oral arguments. - Collaborate in team problem solving, litigation strategy, and project management
Job Title: Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization will be instrumental in the investigation and litigation of post-conviction innocence claims. This role involves exploring both litigation and non-litigation avenues for achieving post-conviction relief. The responsibilities include: - Investigating and litigating cases from inception to resolution, which encompasses preparing and litigating habeas corpus petitions
Job Title: Staff Attorney I, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project Job Responsibilities: - Attend monthly clinics to provide legal advice and limited scope representation to individuals at risk of eviction or who have experienced eviction. - Collaborate with the organization's Community Outreach Coordinator, NCJWLA, and Community Coalition to develop and review education and training materials. - Train case managers at social service organizations on enforcing their cli
Job Title: Staff Attorney II, Small Business Development Project Job Responsibilities: - Conduct and supervise initial intake interviews to assess client eligibility, and determine whether to represent or refer clients as needed. - Maintain a caseload of business-related legal matters, including business formation, document drafting (such as contracts, bylaws, operating agreements), business financing, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance, under the s
Job Title: Staff Attorney I, Small Business Development Project Job Responsibilities: - Conduct and supervise initial intake interviews, assess client eligibility, and represent or refer clients as needed. - Maintain a case load of matters requiring legal expertise on business-related issues including business formation, document drafting (contracts, bylaws, operating agreements, etc.), financing for businesses, IP protection, and regulatory compliance under the supervision
Job Title: Staff Attorney II, Elder Justice Job Responsibilities: - Provide victim/client-centered, trauma-informed direct legal services, including screening and legal assessment, advice and counsel, brief service, and direct representation to older/dependent adults in estate planning, probate, property preservation, public benefits, conservatorship/defense of conservatorship, and elder abuse. - Engage in advocacy to advance the rights and well-being of older/dependent adul
Job Title: Impact Litigation Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Impact Litigation Staff Attorney is responsible for a variety of legal and advocacy tasks aimed at supporting and advancing the rights and interests of Asian Pacific Americans. The attorney will work under the direction of the Managing Attorney as part of the Impact Litigation program. Key responsibilities include: - Client-Facing Advocacy (45%): - Meet with clients to advise them on their legal rights a
Job Title: Removal Defense Attorney (3-Month Temporary Position) Job Responsibilities: The Removal Defense Attorney will be responsible for providing high-quality, client-centered representation to individuals facing removal proceedings. This involves zealous direct representation, determining eligibility for immigration relief, advising clients, conducting legal research and writing, drafting motions and briefs, preparing court forms, and preparing immigration applications.
Job Title: Managing Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate with Directors, Directing Attorneys, and Managers across all programs to advance the organization's mission. - Mentor, supervise, and support staff attorneys representing detained and recently released children and adults in immigration removal proceedings and applications for immigration benefits. - Monitor capacity and workload distribution through regular one-on-one meetings with attorneys. - Lead case revie
Job Title: PCAOB Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Engage in hands-on experience by immersing yourself in the day-to-day operations of various divisions and offices within the organization, gaining practical skills and insights that extend beyond academic knowledge. - Contribute meaningfully as an integral member of project teams, working on initiatives that significantly impact the organization’s mission of investor protection. - Participate in a collaborative and supportive...
Job Title: Associate Attorney, Community Partnerships Program Job Responsibilities: The Associate Attorney in the Community Partnerships Program (CPP) will engage in a variety of tasks aimed at supporting frontline communities disproportionately affected by environmental issues. The responsibilities include: - Partnering with senior attorneys and professional staff to investigate, develop, and prosecute administrative appeals and litigation. - Conducting factual investigat
Job Title: Attorney – Economic Stability Workgroup (Step 3-5) Job Responsibilities: The Attorney in the Economic Stability Workgroup (ESWG) will be responsible for a variety of tasks centered around aiding low-income individuals in accessing government benefits and addressing employment-related issues. Specific duties include providing direct representation to individuals at government benefit hearings and representing clients in SSDI, SSI, and CAPI appeals. The attorney...
Position: Senior Attorney – Housing and Communities Workgroup Job Title: Senior Attorney – Housing and Communities Workgroup Job Responsibilities: The Senior Attorney in the Housing and Communities Workgroup is responsible for a range of complex legal duties aimed at preventing unfair displacement and preserving affordable housing. The attorney will serve as lead counsel on cases involving both advocacy and direct services, which require significant experience and exper...
Job Title: Supervising Attorney - Consumer Rights & Economic Justice Project Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney for the Consumer Rights & Economic Justice (CREJ) Project at **Members Only** is tasked with a variety of responsibilities aimed at advancing racial and economic justice. Key duties include: - Coordinating the provision of home preservation and student loan services to clients, along with associated impact litigation. - Leading a team providing expert services un
Job Title: NRDC - Yale Environmental Justice Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - In the first year, work within the Environment, Equity & Justice Center (EEJC) to: - Develop relationships with communities and identify opportunities for partnership or collaboration. - Actively engage in existing coalitions and partnerships. - Create project plans, track timelines, and determine key deliverables and milestones. - Manage workflows and collaboration across multiple staff memb
Job Title: Benefits Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Benefits Staff Attorney at the organization will primarily focus on advocating for clients in the realm of Benefits Advocacy, concentrating specifically on SSI/SSDI & CAPI Administrative Hearings, Appeals Council, and Federal District Court advocacy. The attorney will manage all facets of client representation, which include regular client meetings, medical record reviews, case file maintenance, legal research and
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorneys at the organization are tasked with a range of responsibilities aimed at combating homelessness and ensuring housing justice for low-income individuals and families. Their primary duties include: - Defending low-income tenants facing eviction, which involves engaging in fast-paced litigation in state courts. This includes preparing pleadings, conducting discovery, filing motions, engaging in settlement nego
Job Title: Managing Attorney – Veterans Justice Project Workgroup Job Responsibilities: The Managing Attorney for the Veterans Justice Project Workgroup is responsible for overseeing and administering a team that includes approximately three attorneys and one paralegal within the Veterans Justice Center. The focus is on areas impacting veterans, such as Veterans Benefits, service-connected appeals, discharge upgrades, re-entry work, and housing. Key duties include: - Mana...
**Job Title** Staff Attorney - Immigrants Rights' Project **Job Responsibilities** The Staff Attorney for the Immigrants Rights' Project at the organization is responsible for several key duties, including: - Providing zealous and trauma-informed direct representation to unaccompanied children in removal proceedings before various Immigration Courts. - Representing children in state courts throughout Southern California to obtain predicate orders related to Special Immigr
Job Title: Managing Counsel, Games Revenue and Commercial Operations Job Responsibilities: The Managing Counsel for Games Revenue and Commercial Operations will serve as a crucial member of the legal team, collaborating closely with the Associate General Counsel and the broader legal department to advise the organization's senior management on legal matters. Key responsibilities include: - Supporting the Games Revenue functional area by managing legal needs, including negot
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization is tasked with delivering expert legal services to unaccompanied children who require legal representation. This includes both zealous direct representation and pro bono facilitation. The attorney is expected to provide comprehensive consultation, training, and technical assistance to pro bono attorneys who have accepted organization cases. Additionally, the Staff Attorney may supervise Se