Job Title: Summer AmeriCorps Justice Intern Job Responsibilities: AmeriCorps Justice Interns are tasked with engaging in a variety of legal projects that cover a wide array of legal disciplines. Their primary responsibilities include: - Ensuring housing stability for low-income and elderly individuals. - Assisting victims of domestic and sexual abuse in achieving safety and autonomy. - Protecting consumers from scams and identity theft. - Safeguarding access to essential ser
Job Title: Farmworker Rights Project Summer Intern Job Responsibilities: - Provide support for education, outreach, and legal assistance to farmworkers and their families working in various agricultural jobs across Iowa. - Address legal issues faced by farmworkers, including employment, wage and hour, health and safety, housing, labor, and child trafficking. - Engage in individual representation, impact litigation, and community legal education under the Farmworker Rights Pr
Job Title: Summer Law Student Intern Job Responsibilities: - Provide high-quality legal representation in civil cases to low-income individuals. - Engage in individual representation, impact litigation, and community legal education. - Address legal issues primarily involving domestic abuse, landlord/tenant disputes, consumer protection, public benefits, and individual rights. - Support statewide special projects focusing on specific legal issues and communities. - Work unde
Job Title: Summer Law Student Intern Job Responsibilities: - Provide high-quality legal representation in civil cases to low-income individuals. - Support statewide special projects focusing on specific legal issues and communities. - Work under the supervision of licensed attorneys. - Engage in client contact and receive feedback. - Interview and advise new clients. - Prepare legal documents such as pleadings and affidavits. - Assist with trial preparation. - Conduct legal
Job Title: Summer Law Student Intern Job Responsibilities: - Provide high-quality legal representation in civil cases to low-income Iowans. - Engage in individual representation, impact litigation, and community legal education. - Work on cases involving domestic abuse, landlord/tenant issues, consumer protection, public benefits, or individual rights. - Support statewide special projects focusing on particular legal issues and communities. - Assist in the work of regional o
Job Title: Paralegal - Farmworker Rights Project Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal for the Farmworker Rights Project at the organization will be responsible for providing comprehensive support to the attorneys working within the project. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Assisting with intake processes, which involves handling initial applications for legal assistance and conducting related interviews and completing necessary forms. - Providing litig
Job Title: Staff Attorney - Elder Justice Innovation Project Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney position at the organization involves delivering free legal assistance and community legal education to low-income and vulnerable individuals. The responsibilities include providing a range of legal services from advice and brief service to full representation before administrative agencies and state and federal trial and appellate courts. The legal practice areas prioritize
Job Title: Full-Time AmeriCorps Member Job Responsibilities: AmeriCorps members at the organization will engage in a variety of tasks aimed at supporting low-income and elderly Iowans with civil legal issues. Responsibilities include: - Assisting seniors, veterans, immigrants, people with disabilities, and other low-income individuals in accessing free legal help. - Enhancing the unified client intake system to improve service delivery. - Increasing outreach efforts to under