Micronesian Legal Services Corporation seeks to increase access to justice throughout
Micronesia, through a network of regional offices in the Marshall Islands, the Federated States
of Micronesia, Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
MLSC is seeking applications for the position of Attorney to work as part of a Disaster Response Team to provide legal help in support of survivors of Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut. This is a full time position, based on Saipan.
General Responsibilities:
• Provide legal assistance on a wide variety of civil matters to help disaster survivors,
including, for example, probate and land title issues; landlord/tenant and housing;
disaster assistance including FEMA and SBA; housing assistance; access to medical care;
disaster unemployment assistance; immigration and eligibility for disaster benefits;
guardianship; debt collection, contract, and other consumer issues.
• Provide community legal education in group settings on similar topics, to help people
navigate disaster recovery legal issues on their own.
Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation includes an annual salary dependent upon experience, based on a competitive
pay scale, and generous benefits will be provided.
This position is available immediately and open until filled.
Qualifications:
• Have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school; or be admitted to practice before
the highest court of a jurisdiction where that court's jurisprudence is based upon the
common law tradition; and
• Admitted to practice before the courts of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or eligible to be admitted.
Please submit a resume and cover letter to MLSC's Disaster Legal Aid Program Manager, Shelli Neal, via e-mail: [email protected]