Legal Services of Northern Virginia is a large, high-volume legal aid organization in Virginia, with 45+ attorneys working out of 7 offices. We help thousands of disadvantaged clients each year in civil legal matters, while cultivating relationships with community service organizations, pro bono attorneys, local bar associations, and other stakeholders to serve the region’s low-income and neediest populations.
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Job Summary: This a full-time attorney position that will provide legal representation to the LSNV client community, by focusing on housing, elder, and consumer law. The attorney work closely with the Managing Attorney (and the Housing, Elder, and Consumer practice group chairs) to plan and implement outreach and community legal education. The position will be based in our Prince William office.
Essential Functions:
• Handles elder, consumer and housing-related legal matters for clients whenever necessary including complex litigation and impact work
• Handles cases; completes legal research and writing; drafts legal documents; represents clients in elder, consumer, and
housing related matters
• Assists in developing and participating in legal outreach and community legal education projects and programs
• Collaborates with tenants, community groups, organizations, landlords and local government
Substantive Functions:
• Assists with Pro-Bono coordination within jurisdiction, to include recruitment, mentoring of attorneys, and development
of materials.
• Conducts outreach at courthouse, senior centers, and other places in the community
• Creates, revises, and mails outreach literature
• Responsible for grant reporting initiatives that may be required
Qualifications:
• Must be licensed with the Virginia State Bar, or have two years of practice in another state (LAC Rule 1A:9)
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, racial justice, and/or public interest work, strongly preferred
• Proven experience in community engagement and advocacy
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Availability for flexible work schedule, commitment to evenings and weekends, preferred
• Strong litigation experience, preferred
• Legal aid experience, strongly preferred
• Multi-lingual (verbal and written), preferred
Travel: Local travel may be required.
Cover letters and resumes are reviewed upon receipt and well-qualified applicants will be invited to interview. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, at which time, the job announcement will be removed from our website. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter detailing interest in the position to Jim Ferguson, Executive Director at [email protected].