Volunteer Attorney
The candidate will work in the following areas: Conservatorship. Should be currently licensed to practice law in California or awaiting bar exam results. Must have ability to participate in training (if no prior experience in legal practice area selected). read more
Volunteer Attorney
The candidate will work in the following areas: Family Law. Should be currently licensed to practice law in California or awaiting bar exam results. Must have ability to participate in training (if no prior experience in legal practice area selected). read more
Volunteer Attorney
The candidate will work in the following areas: Seniors Legal Assistance. Should be currently licensed to practice law in California or awaiting bar exam results. Must have ability to participate in training (if no prior experience in legal practice area selected). read more
Internship, Spring
The interns work as landlord/tenant counselors, enforcement investigators, and mediators in the Council's programs. Duties include: legal research, observing court proceedings, interviewing witnesses, correspondence, investigative work, and mediations. 1Ls and 2Ls are considered.
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Internship, Fall
The interns work as landlord/tenant counselors, enforcement investigators, and mediators in the Council's programs. Duties include: legal research, observing court proceedings, interviewing witnesses, correspondence, investigative work, and mediations. 1Ls and 2Ls are considered.
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Internship, Summer
The interns work as landlord/tenant counselors, enforcement investigators, and mediators in the Council's programs. Duties include: legal research, observing court proceedings, interviewing witnesses, correspondence, investigative work, and mediations. 1Ls and 2Ls are considered.
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Staff Attorney – Expungement, Part-time
Responsibilities: Conducts client interviews to determine whether clients are eligible for expungement, dismissal, reductions, juvenile sealing, or certificate of rehabilitation. Prepare pleadings, motions and other related legal documents in connection with expungements and post-conviction relief, which include but are not limited to, Criminal petitions that handles dismissals under PC sections 1203.4, 1203.4a, 1203.49, 1203.41, 1...
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Senior Staff Attorney
The candidate will handle a diverse caseload on behalf of low-income tenants, including eviction defense, discrimination, habitability, subsidized housing cases (including Section 8), and other issues arising in landlord/tenant relationships. Supervise staff attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff to ensure high-quality legal services are provided to PLC’s clients. Oversee volunteers through CLE training, technical support and general superv...
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Staff Attorney - Housing
Responsibilities: Maintain a caseload of housing-related matters, including, but not limited to matters involving eviction defense, federally subsidized housing, and administrative hearing representation. Handle negotiations, settlements, trials and appeals of cases in both State and Federal Courts with primary emphasis on landlord-tenant and legal issues involving access to housing. Engage in policy advocacy to improve access to and preservation o...
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Staff Attorney - Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit
Responsibilities: Handle a diverse caseload on behalf of low-income tenants, including eviction defense, discrimination, habitability, subsidized housing cases (including, but not limited to, Section 8), and other issues arising in landlord/tenant relationships. Coordinate referrals to other PLC units to provide comprehensive legal services. Investigate clients’ cases, including inspection of housing units and obt...
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Staff Attorney - Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project
Responsibilities: Handle a full caseload of transactional law cases relating to business formation and ongoing business operations. Participate in collaborative advocacy efforts in a coalition with other legal service providers and community partners. Oversee volunteer attorneys and law students through training, technical support and general supervision. Participate in and help to coordinate legal clinics a...
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Staff Attorney (CRP)
Duties: Provide direct representation to unaccompanied minors before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Executive Office of Immigration Review, and in California state court child welfare proceedings (primarily guardianship and custody proceedings). The Staff Attorney should expect to work with the following forms of immigration relief: Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status, and/or T or U nonimmigrant status; Conduct and ...
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Staff Attorney - Immigration Unit
Responsibilities: Handle a full caseload of immigration cases, including removal defense before the Los Angeles Immigration Courts and the Adelanto Immigration Court. Participate in collaborative advocacy efforts in a coalition with other legal service providers and community partners. Oversee volunteer attorneys and law students through training, technical support and general supervision. Participate in and help to coordinate immigration ...
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Summer Law Clerk 2022
The candidate will develop a broad understanding of the issues facing low–income and underserved communities in and around Southeast Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Interns will have client contact and will be given the opportunity to work under staff attorneys in several legal practice areas. A heavy emphasis will be placed on housing, family safety and domestic violence related case work. The CLA SoCal summer program is 10 weeks, full-time (35 ho... read more
Summer Law Clerk 2022 (Hybrid)
Summer law clerks will develop a broad understanding of the issues facing low–income and underserved communities in and around Southeast Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Interns will have client contact and will be given the opportunity to work under staff attorneys in several legal practice areas. A heavy emphasis will be placed on housing, family safety and domestic violence related case work.
CLA SoCal is committed to creating and culti... read more
Volunteer Attorney Opportunities
The candidate will get training and supervision to develop additional virtual trainings and volunteer opportunities in response to changing community needs. Work in Housing (unlawful detainer defense). Currently licensed to practice law in California or awaiting bar exam results; Have a desire to assist CLA SoCal’s diverse, low-income clients; Ability to participate in training (if no prior experience in legal practice area selected) read more
