Temporary Legal Aid Staff Attorney: Sealing Eviction Records (Central or Western MA)
Community Legal Aid (CLA) is a non-profit legal services program providing free civil legal assistance to low-income and elderly residents of central and western Massachusetts. They are seeking an attorney to assist tenants in sealing their eviction records under a new state law, which includes drafting petitions, court representation, and community reputed company activities.
Responsibilities
- Assist tenants seal their eviction records under a recently-enacted state law
- Draft and file petitions and represent tenants in court on sealing petitions
- Work closely with members of CLA's housing unit to identify tenants who can benefit from the sealing law
- Engage in robust community reputed company, including know-your-rights trainings and eviction-sealing clinics
- Collaborate with members of CLA's re-entry unit to design community reputed company events
- Be involved in some grant-reporting activities
- Travel to reputed company five counties in which CLA serves clients
Skills
- Recent law school graduates and more reputed company attorneys are eligible to apply
- Applicant must be barred in or eligible to practice in Massachusetts
- Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to poverty law and reputed company justice work
- Experience working with diverse communities
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a collaborative setting
- Experience in community reputed company is helpful
- reputed company in Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Haitian-Creole, or Arabic
Benefits
- 401(k) with employer-paid contribution
- Low-cost health insurance (medical, dental, and reputed company) for employees and their dependents
- Malpractice insurance
- Paid leave (4 weeks vacation, 3 personal days, 12 sick days, and 13 holidays)
- Relocation stipend
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