[Hiring] Part-Time Staff Attorney @BAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES INC

Role Description

Are you interested in making a difference in your community? Are you passionate about helping others who are in need across different groups? Do you value work life balance? If you answer yes to these questions, Bay Area Legal Services may be the workplace for you!

Position Title: Veterans Legal Helpline Staff Attorney (Part-time up to 29 hours) This is a remote position.

This is a professional position involving the delivery of high-quality legal advice, counseling and brief services as a licensed attorney. It requires:

• Excellent client interviewing skills
• A substantial knowledge of a broad range of poverty law issues
• The ability to give immediate assistance to clients whose problems do not require litigation or other complex advocacy services

Responsibilities include:

• Processing legal services requests and evaluating the complexity of each client’s legal problem
• Assessing income eligibility and confirming applicant eligibility determinations
• Making appropriate legal and social services referrals for applicants and clients not eligible for Bay Area’s Services
• Recommending exceptions to financial guidelines to the supervisor if appropriate
• Providing legal services as needed including advice, research, and brief services to clients who do not need extended representation
• Reviewing documents submitted by applicants including durable and other powers of attorney and letters of guardianship
• Determining whether extended legal services may be needed for FVLH clients and processing referrals within Bay Area and to outside legal referral partners
• Maintaining and completing accurate client records using Bay Area’s legal case management system
• Assisting in developing and updating appropriate legal advice and brief services letters, legal instructional materials and other written materials as requested by the VLH Manager

Qualifications

• Admission to the Florida Bar and in good standing with at least four years of experience as a staff attorney or equivalent practice experience
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely and cooperatively with other team members
• Demonstrated ability to interview clients to determine essential facts regarding the nature and severity of their legal problems
• Demonstrated ability to accept major responsibility and to work effectively in an independent but closely supervised environment
• A willingness to undertake major management tasks

Requirements

• Experience in general legal practice with a preference given to legal services experience
• Experience and/or ability to supervise and work closely with others
• Sympathetic understanding of social, economic, as well as legal problems of individuals with limited access to legal services
• U.S. Veteran preferred