Part-time Staff Attorney – Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit Organization Description The Public La
Full-time Staff Attorney – Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit Organization Description The Public Law Center (PLC)’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit seeks an energetic, passionate advocate to join our team in fighting for justice for low-income tenants and self-represented litigants in Orange County through innovative, collaborative, community-centered lawyering to address inequities and pursue access to affor
Staff Attorney – Immigration Unit Organization Description The Public Law Cen
Position Title: Supervising Attorney – Higher Education Legal Services Organization: Organization Department: Immigration Legal Services Position Type: Full-Time (+ hours/week), Exempt Work Setting: Fully Onsite Reports To: Directing Attorney Higher Education and Affirmation Services Pay Range: $88,000-$94,000/year Total Compensation: In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes: - Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees ...
Job Title: Immigration Attorney/Senior Immigration Attorney Job Responsibilities: The role of Immigration Attorney at a reputed firm involves providing comprehensive legal services to indigent immigrants in California. The attorney will handle cases in removal defense and affirmative immigration, as well as federal litigation when necessary. Key responsibilities include: - Representing non-detained and detained immigrants in removal proceedings before Immigration Courts, an
Position Title: Staff Attorney – Removal Defense Organization: Organization Department: Immigration Legal Services Position Type: Full-Time (+ hours/week), Exempt Work Setting: Fully Onsite Reports To: Managing Attorney Pay Range: $74,000 to $85,000 annually Total Compensation: In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees, generous employer 401(k) contributions, and employer-covere...
Job Title: Paralegal - Eviction Defense Project Job Responsibilities: - Support a high-volume caseload, including conducting client interviews and providing advice and counsel in eviction defense and landlord-tenant matters under attorney supervision. - Assist attorneys with discovery processes, including preparing discovery requests and responses, and coordinating depositions. - Draft motions and other pleadings for court service and filing, and prepare trial and exhibit bi
Job Title: Paralegal - Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project Job Responsibilities: - Respond to phone and email requests for legal assistance and provide advice and counsel under the supervision of an attorney. - Prepare, file, and serve court forms and case documents with attorney oversight. - Assist attorneys during the discovery process by conducting document reviews and preparing, responding to, and serving discovery devices. - Conduct and assist with outreach, in-p
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop advocacy strategies to address the involuntary transfer of students to alternative education programs in rural school districts. - Evaluate the quality of educational services provided to students in alternative education programs. - Implement a community education and outreach strategy. - Conduct Public Record Act requests and comparative analysis of model programs. - Collect and analyze relevant data. - Collaborate with
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Participate in CRLA's LGBTQ+ Program, which focuses on protecting the legal rights of rural LGBTQ+ Californians. - Address challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals due to sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and other factors like disability, race, economic class, and immigration status. - Provide trai
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Participate in the Low-Wage Worker Project, focusing on issues faced by low-wage workers in coastal California, such as inadequate pay, lack of meal or rest breaks, unsafe working conditions, and discrimination. - Engage in community legal education and direct representation to support low-wage workers. - Build
Job Title: Law Fellowships Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in the areas of housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Engage in legal advocacy and educational outreach within California's rural Indigenous Mexican and Central American communities. - Support leadership development among Indigenous populations, primarily from rural areas in southern Mexico. - Partner with Indigenous clients, communities, and organizations to c
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Assist victims of housing discrimination under the guidance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). - Ensure communities affirmatively further fair housing practices. - Focus on addressing the needs of farmworker communities, those in unincorporated areas, and underserved regions subject to seg
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Fellows will develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Provide legal services in CRLA's priority areas including Housing, Employment, Education, Rural Health, and Leadership Development through direct services and systemic advocacy. - Participate in regional projects like the Monterey County Medical Legal Partnership, Imperial County Health Consumer tea
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Engage in legal advocacy and educational outreach. - Support leadership development in rural Indigenous Mexican and Central American communities. - Partner with Indigenous clients, communities, and organizations to develop sustainable solutions to the challenges they face. - Work closely with CRLA during the fel
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Engage in community legal education and direct representation to support low-wage workers in coastal California. - Work on building alliances with workers and community organizations to ensure compliance with California labor law protections. - Participate in CRLA's targeted campaigns to address issues faced by
Job Title: Law Fellowships Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Participate in the CRLA Rural Justice Fellowship program or be sponsored for external law foundation or law school fellowship programs. - Focus on addressing the involuntary transfer of students to alternative education programs in rural school districts. - Evaluate the quality of educational services provi
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Engage in legal advocacy, policy advocacy, and community education to address and eliminate social, political, and environmental factors negatively impacting Disadvantaged, Unincorporated Communities (DUCs). - Work alongside community leaders to advocate for equitable development, promote environmental justice,
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: The primary responsibility of a Law Fellow at the organization is to develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. Fellows are expected to work under the Rural Justice Unit (RJU) which is focused on eradicating poverty across rural California and addressing core legal needs of rural Californians. The duties include providing legal services in the organization's
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas including housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Work under the guidance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist victims of housing discrimination. - Ensure communities affirmatively further fair housing practices. - Focus on the needs of farmworker communities and underserved areas in California subject to segregation and historic
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in the areas of housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health as part of fellowship programs. - Engage in community education and provide quality direct legal assistance to LGBTQ+ individuals across various legal areas including name and gender marker corrections, education and student rights, immigration, employment, housing, public benefits, and access to healthcare. - Parti
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop legal expertise in areas such as housing, labor and employment, environmental justice, education, and health. - Participate in a targeted campaign of community legal education and direct representation. - Build alliances with workers and community organizations to ensure compliance with California labor law protections. - Engage in advocacy and legal work to address issues affecting low-wage workers in the tourism industr
Job Title: Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Develop advocacy strategies to address the involuntary transfer of students to alternative education programs in rural school districts. - Evaluate the quality of educational services provided to students in alternative education programs. - Implement a community education and outreach strategy. - Conduct Public Record Act requests to gather necessary information. - Perform comparative analysis of model education programs. - Coll